Thomas Sowell

The 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 Sowell

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.

Thomas Sowell

The only people I truly envy are those who can play a musical instrument and those who can eat anything they want without gaining weight.

Thomas Sowell

The only way anyone can have a right to something that has to be produced is to force someone else to produce it for him. The more things are provided as rights, the less the recipients have to work and the more others have to carry their load.

Thomas Sowell

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

Thomas Sowell

The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people’s money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.

Thomas Sowell

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

Thomas Sowell

There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.

Thomas Sowell

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.

Thomas Sowell

There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse.

Thomas Sowell