Thomas Sowell Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.”

“Few professors would dare to publish research or teach a course debunking the claims made in various ethnic, gender, or other 'studies' courses.”

“Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.”

“Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.”

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

“A shortage is a sign that somebody is keeping the price artificially lower than it would be if supply and demand were allowed to operate freely.”

“Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?”

“Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.”

“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.”

“Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.”