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It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. - Thomas Sowell

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. Thomas Sowell

Funny, Knowledge, Ignorance, Realize

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. Thomas Sowell

Politics, Economics, Lesson, Want, Never

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. - Thomas Sowell

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. Thomas Sowell

Leadership, People, Meetings, Enjoy, Who

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. Thomas Sowell

Business, People, Media, Important, News

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. Thomas Sowell

Decisions, Stupid, People, Hands, More

The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of the liberals' expansion of the welfare state. Thomas Sowell

Family, Slavery, Black, Generations

Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them. Thomas Sowell

People, Help, Immigration, Only, How

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. Thomas Sowell

Failure, Socialism, Ignore, Intellectual

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today. Thomas Sowell

Today, Politics, Rules, Play, You, Same

Facts are not liberals' strong suit. Rhetoric is. Thomas Sowell

Strong, Facts, Rhetoric, Suit, Liberals

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If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. Thomas Sowell

Be Prepared, You, Civilization, Accept

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings. Thomas Sowell

People, Meetings, Favor, Productive, Who

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department. Thomas Sowell

Time, Diversity, Important, You, Next

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young. Thomas Sowell

Young, More, Things, Misleading, Than

The real minimum wage is zero. Thomas Sowell

Minimum Wage, Real, Zero, Wage, Minimum

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. Thomas Sowell

Health, Amazing, Government, People, Pay

The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.' Thomas Sowell

Man, Vote, Fish, Giving, Will, Ask

The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling. Thomas Sowell

Thinking, Think, Feeling, Problem, Know

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? Thomas Sowell

Weather, Tomorrow, Foundation, You, Why

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. Thomas Sowell

Best, Words, Thinking, Worst, Others

As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking. Thomas Sowell

Hope, Thinking, Control, Gun, Facts

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.' Thomas Sowell

Racism, You, Evidence, Like, Word, Put

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face. Thomas Sowell

Face, Human, Liberalism, Human Face

Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality. Thomas Sowell

Education, Reality, Isolation, Too Much

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending. Thomas Sowell

Government, Goal, Real, Tax, Rising

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. Thomas Sowell

Life, Government, Fair, Want, Never

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