Understanding the limitations of human beings is the beginning of wisdom.
The key feature of Communist propaganda has been the depiction of people who are more productive as mere exploiters of others.
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
Envy plus rhetoric equals 'social justice'.
If I could offer one piece of advice to young people thinking about their future, it would be this: Don't preconceive. Find out what the opportunities are.
Before the Iraq war I was quite disturbed by some of the neoconservatives, who were saying things like, "What is the point of being a superpower if you can't do such-and-such, take on these responsibilities?" The point of being a superpower is that people will leave you alone.
What socialism, fascism and other ideologies of the left have in common is an assumption that some very wise people—like themselves—need to take decisions out of the hands of lesser people, like the rest of us, and impose those decisions by government fiat.
Racism has never done this country any good, and it needs to be fought against, not put under new management for different groups.
The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.
-a few quotes from Thomas Sowell
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