Thomas Sowell

Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side

Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side

Policies are judged by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel.

Policies are judged by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel.

Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex read more

Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just improve the things that are not so good. What is lacking in this conception is any sense that a society, an institution, or even a single human being, is an intricate system of fragile inter-relationships, whose complexities are little understood and easily destabilized.

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves "thinking people" respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog read more

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves "thinking people" respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog was conditioned to respond to certain sounds.

Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.

Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.