Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.

Quote by Thomas Sowell

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Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn...

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to...

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to...

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to...

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to...

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast...

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast...

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

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

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

People who claim that sentencing a murderer to life without the possibility of parole protects...

People who claim that sentencing a murderer to life without the possibility of parole protects...

Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from...

Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from...

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

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

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

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do...

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do...

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who...

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where...

Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where...

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not...

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not...

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced...

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced...

Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest...

Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest...