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In various countries and times, leaders of groups that lagged behind, economically and educationally, have taught their followers to blame all their problems on other people - and to hate those other people Picture Quote #1

Politics is largely the process of taking credit and putting the blame on others - regardless of what the facts may be Picture Quote #1

Fairness’ is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a blank check for the expansion of government power. What fairness means in practice is that third parties -- busybodies -- can prevent mutual accommodations by others Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them Picture Quote #1

What ‘eminent domain’ laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to someone else, in order to gain campaign contributions and win votes Picture Quote #1

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Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics Picture Quote #1

If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person on earth does not have even one percent of the total knowledge on earth, that shoots down social engineering, economic central planning, judicial activism and innumerable other ambitious notions favored by the political left Picture Quote #1

Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children of illegal immigrants have such a right? Picture Quote #1

The idealism of the left is a very selfish idealism. In their war against ‘the rich’ and big business, they don’t care how much collateral damage there is to workers who end up end up unemployed Picture Quote #1

In a democracy, we have always had to worry about the ignorance of the uneducated. Today we have to worry about the ignorance of people with college degrees Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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No segment of the population has lost more by the agendas of the liberal constituencies of the Democratic Party than the black population. The teachers’ unions, environmental fanatics and the ACLU are just some of the groups to whose interests blacks have been sacrificed wholesale. Lousy education and high crime rates in the ghettos, and unaffordable housing elsewhere with building restrictions, are devastating prices to pay for liberalism Picture Quote #1

The real culprits are those who created a system that makes it dangerous to work and safe to loaf Picture Quote #1

However widespread the desire to be free, that is wholly different from a desire to live in a society where others are free Picture Quote #1

ANYONE who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others, denigrate and demonize those who disagree with them - instead of answering their arguments Picture Quote #1

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don’t believe in their particular political solutions, then you don’t really care about the people that they claim to want to help Picture Quote #1

What does ‘economic justice’ mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return? Picture Quote #1

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Trade-offs have been with us ever since the late unpleasantness in the Garden of Eden Picture Quote #1

Those parts of history that would undermine the vision of the Left - which prevails in our education system from elementary school to postgraduate study - are not likely to get much attention Picture Quote #1

Not only is patriotism disdained, the very basis for pride in one’s country and culture is systematically undermined in our educational institutions at all levels. The achievements of western civilization are buried in histories that portray every human sin found here as if they were peculiarities of the west Picture Quote #1

We know - or should know - what lies at the end of the road of racial polarization. A ‘race card’ is not something to play, because race is a very dangerous political plaything Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Too much of what is called ‘education’ is little more than an expensive isolation from reality Picture Quote #1

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Securities based on risky mortgages are what toppled financial institutions but it was the government that made the mortgages risky in the first place, by making home-ownership statistics the holy grail, for which everything else was to be sacrificed, including commonsense standards for making home loans Picture Quote #1

The biggest and most deadly ‘tax’ rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and the like - if their income goes up Picture Quote #1

Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men with families to feed have been forced to resort to food stamps Picture Quote #1

Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state Picture Quote #1

High tax rates that people don’t actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they do pay Picture Quote #1

The great escape of our times is escape from personal responsibility for the consequences of one’s own behavior Picture Quote #1

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In various countries and times, leaders of groups that lagged behind, economically and educationally, have taught their followers to blame all their problems on other people - and to hate those other people. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Politics is largely the process of taking credit and putting the blame on others - regardless of what the facts may be. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Fairness’ is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a blank check for the expansion of government power. What fairness means in practice is that third parties -- busybodies -- can prevent mutual accommodations by others. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) 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. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) What ‘eminent domain’ laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to someone else, in order to gain campaign contributions and win votes. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person on earth does not have even one percent of the total knowledge on earth, that shoots down social engineering, economic central planning, judicial activism and innumerable other ambitious notions favored by the political left. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children of illegal immigrants have such a right? (Thomas Sowell Quotes) The idealism of the left is a very selfish idealism. In their war against ‘the rich’ and big business, they don’t care how much collateral damage there is to workers who end up end up unemployed. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) In a democracy, we have always had to worry about the ignorance of the uneducated. Today we have to worry about the ignorance of people with college degrees. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) 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. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) No segment of the population has lost more by the agendas of the liberal constituencies of the Democratic Party than the black population. The teachers’ unions, environmental fanatics and the ACLU are just some of the groups to whose interests blacks have been sacrificed wholesale. Lousy education and high crime rates in the ghettos, and unaffordable housing elsewhere with building restrictions, are devastating prices to pay for liberalism. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) The real culprits are those who created a system that makes it dangerous to work and safe to loaf (Thomas Sowell Quotes) However widespread the desire to be free, that is wholly different from a desire to live in a society where others are free. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) ANYONE who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others, denigrate and demonize those who disagree with them - instead of answering their arguments. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Liberals seem to assume that, if you don’t believe in their particular political solutions, then you don’t really care about the people that they claim to want to help. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) What does ‘economic justice’ mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return? (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Trade-offs have been with us ever since the late unpleasantness in the Garden of Eden (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Those parts of history that would undermine the vision of the Left - which prevails in our education system from elementary school to postgraduate study - are not likely to get much attention. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Not only is patriotism disdained, the very basis for pride in one’s country and culture is systematically undermined in our educational institutions at all levels. The achievements of western civilization are buried in histories that portray every human sin found here as if they were peculiarities of the west. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) We know - or should know - what lies at the end of the road of racial polarization. A ‘race card’ is not something to play, because race is a very dangerous political plaything. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) 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. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Too much of what is called ‘education’ is little more than an expensive isolation from reality. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Securities based on risky mortgages are what toppled financial institutions but it was the government that made the mortgages risky in the first place, by making home-ownership statistics the holy grail, for which everything else was to be sacrificed, including commonsense standards for making home loans. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) The biggest and most deadly ‘tax’ rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and the like - if their income goes up. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men with families to feed have been forced to resort to food stamps. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state (Thomas Sowell Quotes) High tax rates that people don’t actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they do pay. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) The great escape of our times is escape from personal responsibility for the consequences of one’s own behavior. (Thomas Sowell Quotes)

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