The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.

Quote by Thomas Sowell

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepts blacks in the top ten percent of students, but...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepts blacks in the top ten percent of students, but...

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face

Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men...

Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men...

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

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

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

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world...

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

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...

Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics...

Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics...

The real minimum wage is zero.

The real minimum wage is zero.

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...

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

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...

As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad...

As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad...

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

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

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it...

Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it...