Thomas Sowell
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8 quotes we’ve traced to Thomas Sowell
“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”
Verified“It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance”
Verified“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain”
Verified“The real minimum wage is zero”
Verified“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth — anonymously and posthumously”
Verified“When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can't help wondering if the day may yet come when the only thing that can save this country is a military coup”
Verified“There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims”
Attributed“The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling”
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