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Letter "T" » Thomas Sowell Quotes
«One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making units, the structuring of their incentives, and the counterbalancing of the units against one another, rather than on t»
Author: Thomas Sowell
(Economist, Writer)
| Keywords:
American Revolution, counterbalance, counterbalancing, decision making, incentives, peculiarities, peculiarity, pinned, structuring, The American Revolution, The Organization, units
«Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.»
Author: Thomas Sowell
(Economist, Writer)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
decades, History of the, replacing, sounded, The Social, The Western, Western
«Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late»
Author: Thomas Sowell
(Economist, Writer)
| About:
Civilization,
Generations
| Keywords:
barbarians, invasion, The Barbarians
«Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?»
«What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.»
Author: Thomas Sowell
(Economist, Writer)
| About:
Freedom
| Keywords:
forbid, go down, ominous, Road to Freedom
«The most basic function of government is to provide a framework of law and order, within which the people are free to choose.»
Author: Thomas Sowell
(Economist, Writer)
| About:
Government
| Keywords:
Basic Law, Free to Choose, Law and Order
«In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.»
«For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert; but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact»
«Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force»
«As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad as legislation that is partisan.»
Author: Thomas Sowell
(Economist, Writer)
| About:
Politics
| Keywords:
bipartisan, congressional, legislation, partisan, rule of thumb
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