Thomas Sowell Quotes About Opinions

Quotes about: Opinions

• It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion.

  Thomas Sowell

  Believe, People, Self Improvement

• Someone once said that the most important knowledge is knowledge of our own ignorance. Our schools are depriving millions of students of that kind of knowledge by promoting "self-esteem" and encouraging them to have opinions on things of which they are grossly ignorant, if not misinformed.

  Thomas Sowell

  Education, Self Esteem, School

• People used to say, "Ignorance is no excuse." Today, ignorance is no problem. After all, you have "a right to your own opinion" - and self-esteem to boot.

  Thomas Sowell

  Self Esteem, Ignorance, People

• The promotion of "self-esteem" in our schools has been so successful that people feel free to spout off about all sorts of things - and see no reason why their opinions should not be taken as seriously as the views of people who actually know what they are talking about.

  Thomas Sowell

  Self Esteem, Taken, School

  Thomas Sowell (2002). “Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

• If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions.

  Thomas Sowell

  Mean, Patriotic, People

  Thomas Sowell (2006). “Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

• If you want to get each individual's honest opinion, you don't want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow a group to coordinate what they are going to say.

  Thomas Sowell

  Groups, Want, Opinion

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