Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.
Thomas SowellThe first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
Thomas SowellThe next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
Thomas SowellOur schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.
Thomas SowellThe welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
Thomas SowellIn its pursuit of justice for a segment of society, in disregard of the consequences for society as a whole, what is called 'social justice' might more accurately be called anti-social justice, since what consistently gets ignored or dismissed are precisely the costs to society. Such a conception of justice seeks to correct, not only biased or discriminatory acts by individuals or by social institutions, but unmerited disadvantages in general, from whatever source they may arise.
Thomas Sowell