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• The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.

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  Games, People, Giving

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• What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.

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  Western Culture, World, Blame

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

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• There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.

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  Conservative, Trade, Trade Offs

  "David Mamet launches tirade against 'antisemitism' of British writers" by Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2011.

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• It is so easy to be wrong-and to persist in being wrong-when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.

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  Cost, Easy, Persist

  Thomas Sowell (1995). “The Vision of the Anointed: Self-congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy”, p.136, Basic Books

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• Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism.

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  People, Exhibitionism, Done

  "Random Thoughts". www.jewishworldreview.com. October 17, 2005.

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

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  Gun, Civilization, Use

  Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• Freedom is unlikely to be lost all at once and openly. It is far more likely to be eroded away, bit by bit, amid glittering promises and expressions of noble ideals.

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  Expression, Promise, Noble

  Thomas Sowell (2001). “The Quest for Cosmic Justice”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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• It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

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  People, Way, Wealth

  "Fiscal Cliff Debate Is About Size of Government, Not Taxing 'the Rich'" by Thomas Sowell, www.realclearpolitics.com. December 4, 2012.

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• The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

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  Inspirational, Liberty, Libertarian

  Thomas Sowell (1996). “Knowledge And Decisions”, p.79, Basic Books

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• 'Fair' is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is 'fair,' this means that there must be some third party with power - the government - to impose its will. The road to despotism is paved with 'fairness'.

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  Party, Mean, Government

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• The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.

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  Constitution, Protect

  "Political Judges". jewishworldreview.com. November 9, 2010.

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• If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists as whites are.

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  Believe, Men, Brotherhood Of Man

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• Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

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  Faces, Conservative, Liberalism

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Controversial Essays”, p.322, Hoover Press

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• There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs.

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  Stupid, Creating, People

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.98, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Media bias in editorials and columns is one thing. Media fraud in reporting 'facts' in news stories is something else. ...The issue is not what various journalists or news organizations' editorial views are. The issue is the transformation of news reporting into ideological spin, along with self-serving taboos and outright fraud.

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  News Stories, Self, Views

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• Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is considered to be discrimination.

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  Rights, Equal Treatment, People

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• A friend from India told me that a countryman of his said: "I want to go to America. I want to see a country where poor people are fat."

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  Country, America, People

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• 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.

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  Order, Ideas, Political

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “The Thomas Sowell Reader”, p.144, Basic Books

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• The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to keep other people from having guns to defend themselves. But what about lower-income people living in high-crime, inner city neighborhoods? Should such people be kept unarmed and helpless, so that limousine liberals can 'make a statement' by adding to the thousands of gun laws already on the books?

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  Book, Hypocrite, Ghetto

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• Someone once said that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. That may have been true when he said it, but today taxes are mostly the price we pay so that politicians can play Santa Claus and get reelected.

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  Civilization, Play, Santa

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• There are few talents so richly rewarded - especially in politics and the media - as the ability to portray parasites as victims, and portray demands for preferential treatment as struggles for equal rights.

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  Struggle, Rights, Media

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• 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.

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  Government, Want, Politician

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

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  Procrastination, Productive Life, Productive Work

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Controversial Essays”, p.319, Hoover Press

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• For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact.

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  Science, Opposites, Experts

  Thomas Sowell (1995). “The Vision of the Anointed: Self-congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy”, p.102, Basic Books

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• Credentialed ignorance is still ignorance.

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  Ignorance, Stills

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