You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.

Quote by Thomas Sowell

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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...

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...

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

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...

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...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

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....

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

Truth cannot be constructed. To live in ideology is, as Havel so eloquently reminds us,...

Truth cannot be constructed. To live in ideology is, as Havel so eloquently reminds us,...

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than...

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than...

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...

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.