Thomas Sowell Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

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

“One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.”

“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.”

“The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state.”

“Facts are not liberals' strong suit. Rhetoric is.”

“Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.”

“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.”

“Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.”

“You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.”