THOMAS SOWELL

Thomas Sowell is 89 years old.  He grew up in Harlem.  After serving with the Marines in the Korean War, he went to school and received a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and a master's degree from Columbia University.   A year later he was awarded a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago.  Mr. Sowell has been on the faculty at Cornell and UCLA and is now a senior fellow with the Hoover Institution.  Enough said!  He is oft-quoted and much admired by libertarian and conservative folks.  Here is some of what he says:

“I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.”
― Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
― Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays

“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.”
―  Knowledge And Decisions

“Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export.... Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea -- in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders.”

“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”
― The Thomas Sowell Reader

“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?”
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