Thomas Sowell

No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.

Thomas Sowell

One of the beauties of an economy coordinated by price movements is that nobody has to understand it in order for it to work.

Thomas Sowell

One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies.

Thomas Sowell

Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.

Thomas Sowell

Relevance is not something you can predict. It is something you discover after the fact.

Thomas Sowell

Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.

Thomas Sowell

Some full professors could more accurately be described as empty professors.

Thomas Sowell

Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.

Thomas Sowell

Students are often in no position to judge ‘relevance’ until long after the fact.

Thomas Sowell

The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own’s vision takes many forms.

Thomas Sowell