Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author.
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it. Use this quote
The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best. Use this quote
If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly. Use this quote
Too much of what is called "education" is little more than an expensive isolation from reality. Use this quote
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long. Use this quote
Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric. Use this quote
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. Use this quote
Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. Use this quote
The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending. Use this quote
Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government. Use this quote
