Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowellis an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 June 1930
CityGastonia, NC
CountryUnited States of America
government people liberty
When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government intervention.
competition desire liberty
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.
years people liberty
Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?"
liberty economic responsible
We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.
baby years liberty
Asking liberals where wages and prices come from is like asking six-year-olds where babies come from.
decision liberty outcomes
Why the transfer of decisions from those with personal experience and a stake in the outcome to those with neither can be expected to lead to better decisions is a question seldom asked, much less answered.
inspirational liberty libertarian
The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.
opposites people liberty
Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of ordinary people to make whatever economic transactions they can mutually agree to.
compassion liberty use
Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes
diversity important liberty
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
liberty talent victim
There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims.
reality liberty littles
Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.
fire liberty matter
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: 'But what would you replace it with?' When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?
liberty libertarian
There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse.