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. <br class="br">Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays, Página 246 https://books.google.com.br/books?ei=1xlWVbS1IsawggTq5YG4DA&hl=pt-BR&id=VX0aAQAAIAAJ&dq=thomas+sowell+Barbarians+Inside+the+Gates&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22When+you+want+to+help+people%2C+you+tell+them+the+truth.+When+you+want+to+help+yourself%2C+you+tell+them+what+they+want+to+hear.%22, Hoover Institution Press, 1999
Thomas Sowell: 113 citações67 Curtidas
Thomas Sowell Frases famosas
Thomas Sowell livro Knowledge and Decisions
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 (1980), p. 334.
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, Hoover Institution Press, 1999
Some of the people on death row today might not be there if the courts had not been so lenient on them when they were first offenders.
Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays, Hoover Institution Press, 1999
Thomas Sowell frases e citações
Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound great. It is only when you go beyond rhetoric, and start looking at hard facts, that socialism turns out to be a big disappointment, if not a disaster. <br class="br"> "Socialism for the Uninformed" http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2016/05/31/socialism-for-the-uninformed-n2171042, (31 de maio de 2016), Townhall.com.
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 (1993), p. 131
The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy. <br class="br"> Big Lies in Politics http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/05/22/big_lies_in_politics/page/full (22 de maio de 2012), Townhall.com
“Competição faz um trabalho muito mais eficiente que o governo em proteger consumidores.”
Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.
Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays, Capítulo "Bogeyman Economics", Página 89, Morrow, 1987
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Thomas Sowell: Frases em inglês
1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
"Socialist or Fascist?" http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell061212.php3#.XEZfbc2E6Mp, Jewish World Review (June 12, 2012) <br class="br">2010s <br class="br">Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.
Wimps Versus Barbarians http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2013/05/21/wimps-versus-barbarians-n1601497/page/full, May 21, 2013 <br class="br">2010s
Fonte: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 2 : Decision-Making Processes
Fonte: 1980s–1990s, A Conflict of Visions (1987), Ch. 1 : The Role of Vision
“Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.”
Fonte: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge
"The Scapegoat for Strife in the Black Community" http://www.nationalreview.com/article/420807/slavery-didnt-cause-todays-black-problems-welfare-did (7 July 2015), National Review <br class="br">2010s
Syndicated column https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19961212&id=1zsdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SKYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6510,2218257&hl=en, retrieved from The Tuscaloosa News, December 13, 1996. <br class="br">1980s–1990s
1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
Fonte: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge
“Time was when people used to brag about how old they were -- and I am old enough to remember it.”
1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
“One of the grand fallacies of our time is that something beneficial should be subsidized.”
Cutting the Budget
1980s–1990s, Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays (1987)
“Knowledge may be enjoyed as a speculative diversion, but it is needed for decision making.”
Fonte: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge
Fonte: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge
"Bipartisan Primary Blues" http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmJhYWM0ZWIxZGZmYWU5YmVmZWQ3ZTUzYzFmMzQ4ZTM=, National Review (25 March 2008). <br class="br">2000s
1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
Will Property Rights Return?
1980s–1990s, Is Reality Optional? (1993)
1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
Ending Slavery http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20050208.shtml, 8 February 2005. <br class="br">2000s
Fonte: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge
Wake up, Parents http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell081800.asp, Jewish World Review, 18 August 2000. <br class="br">2000s
Left versus Right
1980s–1990s, Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays (1987)
"Out of Context" http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell060209.php3, Jewish World Review, 2 June 2009. <br class="br">2000s
Twentieth Century Limited
1980s–1990s, Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays (1987)
"Driving While Black" http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell103107.php3 (31 October 2007), Jewish World Review. <br class="br">2000s
“Understanding the limitations of human beings is the beginning of wisdom.”
Police Shootings
1980s–1990s, Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays (1987)
"Live" with Thomas Sowell https://www.aei.org/publication/live-thomas-sowell/, The American Enterprise, September 2004. <br class="br">2000s
1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
Idols of Crowds http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2008/09/16/idols_of_crowds/page/full, Sep 16, 2008. <br class="br">2000s
Don’t Get Weak http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmU0NGQ0ZTQzZTU4Zjk4MjdjZWMzYTM4Nzk2MzQ0MGI, National Review, May 1, 2007. <br class="br">2000s
