Thomas Sowell

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

Thomas Sowell

If you have a right to respect, that means other people don’t have a right to their own opinions.

Thomas Sowell

Intellect is not wisdom.

Thomas Sowell

It doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

Thomas Sowell

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Thomas Sowell

In performance terms, virtually no one is equal to anyone. The same individual is not even equal to himself on different days.

Thomas Sowell

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

Thomas Sowell

Reality does not go away when it is ignored.

Thomas Sowell

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

Thomas Sowell

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Thomas Sowell