A biography for Thomas Sowellhasn’t been written yet.
“President Obama seems completely unaware of how many of the policies he is trying to impose have been tried before, in many times and places around the world, and have failed time and again.”
“The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'”
“Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.”
“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.”
“Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.”
“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”
“Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run on a clock like football. No previous generation was so hopelessly unrealistic that this had to be explained to them.”
“Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.”
“Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.”
“Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?”
“People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.”
“The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing attitudes and actions that are counterproductive for minorities and disastrous for the country.”
“Those parts of history that would undermine the vision of the Left - which prevails in our education system from elementary school to postgraduate study - are not likely to get much attention.”
“There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.”
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.”
“The real minimum wage is zero.”
“Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world and losses of far more jobs than are saved.”
“The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them.”
“The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.”
“Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.”