Top 100 Quotes by Thomas Sowell

The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of the liberals' expansion of the welfare state.

There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the actual consequences of their deeds?

Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children of illegal immigrants have such a right?

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.

Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.