Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
Thomas SowellThe desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.
Thomas SowellIt is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.
Thomas SowellFour things have almost invariably followed the imposition of controls to keep prices below the level they would reach under supply and demand in a free market: (1) increased use of the product or service whose price is controlled, (2) Reduced supply of the same product or service, (3) quality deterioration, (4) black markets.
Thomas Sowell