Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowellis an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 June 1930
CityGastonia, NC
CountryUnited States of America
garden eden late
Trade-offs have been with us ever since the late unpleasantness in the Garden of Eden.
red-flags warning might
We might have been better off if the question of Obama's patriotism had been raised before he was first elected. Never should we ignore so many red flag warnings again.
principles judgmental violation
To say that being non-judgmental is better than being judgmental is itself a judgment, and therefore a violation of principle.
reading people leader
One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole nations and empires - and the blind faith that such leaders can nevertheless inspire among the people who are enthralled by their words or their posturing.
rights equal-treatment people
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.
country hate taken
Someone once said that many bad policies are just good policies that have been carried too far. For example, we have taken tolerance to such an extreme that we tolerate the immigration into our country of millions of intolerant people who hate millions of Americans who are already here.
taken policy
Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.
self-esteem taken school
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.
thinking white people
A recent poll shows that a majority of blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics do not think the Census should be classifying people as black, white, Asian and Hispanic.
causes problem harm
Our national problems usually do not cause nearly as much harm as the solutions.
effort president littles
Nobody would put as little thought and effort into buying an automobile as they put into deciding who to elect as President of the United States.
country america people
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."
greed want use
It is amazing how many of the intelligentsia call it "greed" to want to keep what you have earned, but not greed to want to take away what somebody else has earned, and let politicians use it to buy votes.
memories nations
History is the memory of a nation