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Biography: Thomas Sowell is known for his work as an economist, social theorist, ... more Biography: Thomas Sowell is known for his work as an economist, social theorist, and author. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and has written extensively on economic theories, social policies, and political ideology. Sowell's research often challenges contemporary socio-economic policies and offers alternative viewpoints grounded in free-market economics. less
"Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric"
Tags: Freedom, Independence, Sacrifice, Struggle, Liberty
"Policies are judged by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel"
Tags: Ethics, Responsibility, Impact, Judgment, Consequences
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong"
Tags: Leadership, Responsibility, Decision making, Accountability, Consequences
"The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best"
Tags: Philosophy, Leadership, Ethics, Responsibility, Power
"You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing"
Tags: Decision making, Efficiency, Government, Organizational behavior, Bureaucracy
"One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people’s motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans—anything except reason"
Tags: Education, Critical thinking, Analytical thinking, Intellectual decline, Logical fallacies
"People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do"
Tags: Responsibility, Focus, Productivity, Time management, Efficiency
"Racism is not dead, but it is on life support kept alive by politicians, race hustlers, and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as racists"
Tags: Politics, Social commentary, Social issues, Racism, Discrimination
"Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late"
Tags: Human nature, Education, Parenting, Civilization, Youth development
"The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings"
Tags: Leadership, Productivity, Time management, Efficiency, Business
"There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs"
Tags: Philosophy, Balance, Decision making, Problem-solving, Choices
"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"
Tags: Relationships, Authenticity, Truth, Integrity, Morality
"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it"
Tags: Failure, History, Criticism, Political philosophy, Political theory
"Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good"
Tags: Modern society, Historical perspective, Cultural critique, Societal change
"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics"
Tags: Decision-making, Politics, Economics, Economic theory, Public policy
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