Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays Quotes

“I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.”
― Thomas Sowell, Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays

“People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.”
― Thomas Sowell, Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays

“the passing decades have taught me that political elites and cultural elites are doing far more damage than the market elites could ever get away with doing.”
― Thomas Sowell, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays

“How can anyone read history and still trust politicians?”
― Thomas Sowell, Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays