Thomas Sowell

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#doers #more #since #specialty #talk

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. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#benefit #both #exercise #free #free speech

Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#illegal #illegal aliens #illegal immigration #immigration #jobs

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#complexity #does #growing #imply #intellectual

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#billions #country #even #forecast #foundation

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

— Thomas Sowell

#barbarism #be prepared #civilization #defend #force

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#disregard #economics #enough #first #fully

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#human #human face #liberalism #totalitarianism

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#gullible #hands #hearts #help #may

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#could #evade #failure #general #ignore