Sowell says

Some in the media seem to think that a noble cause justifies withholding facts on the other side.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) November 6, 2019

Sowell says

In politics the great non sequitur of our time is that 1) things are not right and that 2) the government should make them right.Where right all too often means cosmic justice, trying to set things right means writing a blank check for a never-ending expansion of government power

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) November 7, 2019

Sowell says

Do racists care whether someone black is married or unmarried? If not, then why do married blacks escape poverty so much more often than other blacks, if racism is the main reason for black poverty?

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) November 4, 2019

Sowell says

Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) November 3, 2019

Sowell says

Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) November 2, 2019

This is not always the case.

Vigorous campaigning can bring about positive political or social change.

But it can at times be a case of doing something rather than doing something positive and effective and it can sometimes be doing something that does more harm than good.

 

Sowell says

What can we be certain of from history? That human beings have been wrong innumerable times, by vast amounts, and with catastrophic results. Yet today there are still people who think that anyone who disagrees with them must be either bad or not know what he is talking about.

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) October 23, 2019

Sowell says

Since this is an era when many people are concerned about "fairness" and "social justice," what is your "fair share" of what someone else has worked for?

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) October 16, 2019