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RT by @ThomasSowell: When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.

Quote from the book Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by @jasonrileywsj https://amzn.to/3F8lRjy

Quote from the book Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by @jasonrileywsj

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It is easy to give up freedom and hard to get it back.

It is easy to give up freedom and hard to get it back.

There has now been created a world in which the success of others is a grievance, rather than an example.

There has now been created a world in which the success of others is a grievance, rather than an example.

Facts can be ignored, but their consequences cannot be escaped.

Facts can be ignored, but their consequences cannot be escaped.

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

"Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God."Quoted in @jasonrileywsj 's book, "Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell": https://amzn.to/3OEOmbJ

"Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God."

Quoted in @jasonrileywsj 's book, "Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell": amzn.to/3OEOmbJ

Thanksgiving may be our most old-fashioned holiday. Gratitude itself seems out of date at a time when so many people feel “entitled” to whatever they get—and indignant that they didn't get more.

Thanksgiving may be our most old-fashioned holiday. Gratitude itself seems out of date at a time when so many people feel “entitled” to whatever they get—and indignant that they didn't get more.

Some people who are very dissatisfied with their lives nevertheless have no intention of changing their own behavior. They want to keep on doing what they have always done, but just have it turn out differently.

Some people who are very dissatisfied with their lives nevertheless have no intention of changing their own behavior. They want to keep on doing what they have always done, but just have it turn out differently.