Sowell says

The same set of statistics can produce opposite conclusions at different levels of aggregation.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) April 4, 2020

Sowell says

For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) April 3, 2020

Sowell says

Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) March 26, 2020

Sowell says

Although the big word on the left is “compassion,” the big agenda on the left is dependency. The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) March 27, 2020

Sowell says

No one can really understand the political left without understanding that they are about making themselves feel superior, however much they may talk piously about what they are going to do to help others.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) March 24, 2020

Sowell says

Too many people in the media cannot seem to tell the difference between reporting the news and creating propaganda.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) March 21, 2020

Sowell says

It is so easy to be wrong—and to persist in being wrong—when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) March 21, 2020