When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

Quote by Thomas Sowell

Topics: Conservatism Quotes, People Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think....

The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think....

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

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...

Someone once said that a fool can put on his coat better than a wise...

Someone once said that a fool can put on his coat better than a wise...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought

The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure.

The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure.

The truth is, President Bush provides the right rhetoric, but then pursues all the wrong...

The truth is, President Bush provides the right rhetoric, but then pursues all the wrong...