“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
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“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: work
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“People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.”
— Thomas Sowell
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“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.”
— Thomas Sowell
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“Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.”
— Thomas Sowell
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“It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.”
— Thomas Sowell
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“People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: work
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“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.”
— Thomas Sowell
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“The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.”
— Thomas Sowell
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“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: business
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“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
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Category: technology
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