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Thomas Sowell

…Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.

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‘Fair’ is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is ‘fair,’ this means that there must be some third party with power – the government – to impose its will. The road to despotism is paved with ‘fairness’.

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‘Global warming’ is just the latest in a long line of hysterical crusades to which we seem to be increasingly susceptible.

Global Warming

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Long

[A]ffirmative action in the United States has made blacks. . .who have largely lifted themselves out of poverty, look like people who owe their rise to affirmative action and other government programs.

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People

United States

[Con] men have long known . . . that their job is not to convince skeptics but to enable the gullible to continue to believe what they want to believe.

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Jobs

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A friend from India told me that a countryman of his said: “I want to go to America. I want to see a country where poor people are fat.”

America

Country

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A lot of what is called ‘public service’ consists of making hoops for other people to jump through. It is a great career for those who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

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People

Political

A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.

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Monopoly

Moral

A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you’re talking about.

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Knowing

Talking

A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are so willing to blithely put such an enormous and dangerous arbitrary power in the hands of politicians–risking their own freedom, in hopes of getting what someone else has–is a painful sign of how far many citizens and voters fall short of what is needed to preserve a democratic republic

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Quotes by Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell

…Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.

‘Fair’ is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is ‘fair,’ this means that there must be some third party with power – the government – to impose its will. The road to despotism is paved with ‘fairness’.

‘Global warming’ is just the latest in a long line of hysterical crusades to which we seem to be increasingly susceptible.

[A]ffirmative action in the United States has made blacks. . .who have largely lifted themselves out of poverty, look like people who owe their rise to affirmative action and other government programs.

[Con] men have long known . . . that their job is not to convince skeptics but to enable the gullible to continue to believe what they want to believe.

A friend from India told me that a countryman of his said: “I want to go to America. I want to see a country where poor people are fat.”

A lot of what is called ‘public service’ consists of making hoops for other people to jump through. It is a great career for those who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.

A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you’re talking about.

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