Thomas Sowell

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#conservatives #donate #higher #identify #incomes

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

— Thomas Sowell

#best #decide #most #question #shall

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.' ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#demanding #evidence #ketchup #like #makes

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#egos #elites #masses #really #state

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. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#blame #boils #cannot #culture #down

The real minimum wage is zero. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#minimum wage #real #wage #zero

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#considerable #extent #ignorance #just #knowledge

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#competing #curiosities #divorced #facts #isolated

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#battle #civilization #comes #down #going

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#inevitably #people #their #time #waste