One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.
Thomas SowellYou may have the right to live anyway you like, but you don't have a right to have other people like it. Respect it or pay for it.
Thomas SowellHigh tax rates that people don't actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they do pay.
Thomas SowellThe reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied. They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer - and they don't want explanations that do not give them that.
Thomas Sowell