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"The educational success of these charter schools undermines theories of genetic determinism, claims of cultural bias in the tests, assertions that racial "integration" is necessary for blacks to reach educational parity, and presumptions that income differences are among the "root causes" of educational differences."

- Thomas Sowell

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“Racially homogenous schools should not be sought as a goal. But where charter schools are located in predominantly black and/or Hispanic neighborhoods, the reality of educational success should not be sacrificed for the rhetoric of ‘integration’ or ‘diversity.’ ”

- Thomas Sowell

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If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists as whites are.

-Thomas Sowell

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To this very moment slavery continues in parts of Africa and the Islamic world. Very little noise is made about it by those who denounce the slavery of the past in the West, because there is no money to be made denouncing it and no political advantages to be gained.

-Thomas Sowell

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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.

-Thomas Sowell

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"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."

- Thomas Sowell

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"As a black man, I am offended whenever a white person takes Al Sharpton seriously or pretends to."

-Thomas Sowell

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"The more I study the history of intellectuals, the more they seem like a wrecking crew, dismantling civilization bit by bit — replacing what works with what sounds good."

-Thomas Sowell

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"Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don't know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields."

-Thomas Sowell

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"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."

-Thomas Sowell

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"To this very moment slavery continues in parts of Africa and the Islamic world. Very little noise is made about it by those who denounce the slavery of the past in the West, because there is no money to be made denouncing it and no political advantages to be gained."

-Thomas Sowell

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If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

- Thomas Sowell

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"Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?"

-Thomas Sowell

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Asking liberals where wages and prices come from is like asking six-year-olds where babies come from.

- Thomas Sowell

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"One of the bittersweet things about growing old is realizing how mistaken you were when you were young. As a young political leftist, I saw the left as the voice of the common man. Nothing could be further from the truth."

-Thomas Sowell

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People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.

- Thomas Sowell

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Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.

- Thomas Sowell

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“You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.”

-Thomas Sowell

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“Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.”

-Thomas Sowell

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Discrimination can certainly cause statistical disparities. But statistical disparities do not automatically mean discrimination.

- Thomas Sowell