Sowell says

"Insulating people from reality produces unrealistic people. It doesn't matter whether they are welfare recipients, spoiled rich kids, tenured professors in the ivy league, or federal judges with lifetime appointments."

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) January 19, 2019

Sowell says

"People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will never forgive you for being right—especially if events prove you right while proving them wrong."

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) January 18, 2019

Sowell says

"Too often, those opposed to discrimination are also opposed to free competitive markets that make discrimination more costly. They do not think beyond stage one."

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) January 16, 2019

Sowell says

"Some people seem to think that the answer to all of life's imperfections is to create a government agency to correct them. If that is your approach, then go straight to totalitarianism. Do not pass 'Go.' Do not collect $200."

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) January 14, 2019

Sowell says

"The only way for everyone to be equal would be for them to be equal at a lower level of ability than what some people are capable of in some things and other people are in other things."

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) January 11, 2019

Sowell says

“Stepping beyond your competence can be like stepping off a cliff. Too many people with brilliance and talent within some field do not realize how ignorant—or, worse yet, misinformed—they are when talking like philosopher-kings about other things.”

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) January 9, 2019

Sowell says

"The political left has never understood that, if you give the government enough power to create 'social justice,' you have given it enough power to create despotism. Millions of people around the world have paid with their lives for overlooking that simple fact."

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) January 5, 2019