Thomas Sowell's Blog, page 14

If you were to give reparations to everyone whose ancestors had been slaves, I suspect that you would have to give reparations to more than half the entire population of the globe. Slavery was not confined to one set of races.

If you were to give reparations to everyone whose ancestors had been slaves, I suspect that you would have to give reparations to more than half the entire population of the globe. Slavery was not confined to one set of races.

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Full interview with @p_m_robinson:

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There are people who can neither find happiness in their own lives nor permit those around them to be happy. The best you can do is get such people out of your life.

There are people who can neither find happiness in their own lives nor permit those around them to be happy. The best you can do is get such people out of your life.

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I regret having to say this, because it should be unnecessary: Thomas Sowell is a great man!

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“When you want to help people, youtell them the truth. When you want tohelp yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”Quoted in the book "Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell" by @jasonrileywsj https://amzn.to/3ddh5pP

“When you want to help people, you
tell them the truth. When you want to
help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

Quoted in the book "Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell" by @jasonrileywsj

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One of the biggest, and one of the oldest, taxes is inflation. Governments have stolen their people’s resources this way, not just for centuries, but for thousands of years.

One of the biggest, and one of the oldest, taxes is inflation. Governments have stolen their people’s resources this way, not just for centuries, but for thousands of years.

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The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything outside the realm of pure science.

The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything outside the realm of pure science.

The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables them to act as if there were no price, even when there are ruinous prices paid by others.

The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables them to act as if there were no price, even when there are ruinous prices paid by others.

Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.

Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.