Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.
Thomas SowellNobody would put as little thought and effort into buying an automobile as they put into deciding who to elect as President of the United States.
Thomas SowellDeep thinkers who look everywhere for the mysterious causes of poverty, ignorance, crime and war need look no further than their own mirrors. We are all born into this world poor and ignorant, and with thoroughly selfish and barbaric impulses. Those of us who turn out any other way do so largely through the efforts of others, who civilized us before we got big enough to do too much damage to the world or ourselves.
Thomas Sowell