Some of the people on death row today might not be there if the courts had not been so lenient on them when they were first offenders.
Thomas SowellSo many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice' is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity.
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 SowellThe great escape of our times is escape from personal responsibility for the consequences of one's own behavior.
Thomas SowellPeople who thing that they are getting something for nothing, by having government provide what they would otherwise have to buy in the private market, are not only kidding themselves by ignoring the taxes that government has to take from them in order to give them the appearance of something for nothing.
Thomas Sowell