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

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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly...

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly...

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...

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would...

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would...

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...

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is...

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function...

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function...

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....

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....

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.