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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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...

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...

What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of...

What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of...

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...

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans...

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans...

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals...

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals...

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...

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

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

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...

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

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...

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

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

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

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...

Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it...

Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

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

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

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...