If you want to get each individual's honest opinion, you don't want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow a group to coordinate what they are going to say.
Thomas SowellA recent poll shows that a majority of blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics do not think the Census should be classifying people as black, white, Asian and Hispanic.
Thomas SowellCentral planning, judicial activism, and the nanny state all presume vastly more knowledge than any elite have ever possessed.
Thomas SowellIf you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
Thomas SowellThe welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results.
Thomas SowellMuch of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area after area - crime, education, housing, race relations - the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.
Thomas Sowell