Top 100 Quotes by Thomas Sowell

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.

Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

If you want to get each individual's honest opinion, you don't want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow a group to coordinate what they are going to say.

A shortage is a sign that somebody is keeping the price artificially lower than it would be if supply and demand were allowed to operate freely.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'