Thomas Sowell is an author, economist, social theorist, and intellectual who has often challenged the politically correct narrative and pandering of the Left. His works, speeches, and books have inspired many, with his observations and commentary uplifting people out of ignorance.

Here are Twenty Incredible Quotes From Thomas Sowell:

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

“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?

“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.”

“Intellect is not wisdom.” – Intellectuals and Society

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

“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.” – The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy

“Don’t you get tired of seeing so many “non-conformists” with the same non-conformist look?” – Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays

“The concept of ‘microaggression’ is just one of many tactics used to stifle differences of opinion by declaring some opinions to be ‘hate speech,’ instead of debating those differences in a marketplace of ideas. To accuse people of aggression for not marching in lockstep with political correctness is to set the stage for justifying real aggression against them.”

“One of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotten.” – The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy

“A society that puts equality—in the sense of equality of outcome—ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.” – The Quest for Cosmic Justice

“Facts do not “speak for themselves.” They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theory or visions are mere isolated curiosities.” – A Conflict of Visions (1987)

“Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.” – Knowledge and Decisions (1980)

“Envy plus rhetoric equals “social justice.” – The Thomas Sowell Reader (2011)

“Neither in nature nor among human beings are either equal or randomly distributed outcomes automatic. On the contrary, grossly unequal distributions of outcomes are common, both in nature and among people, in circumstances where neither genes nor discrimination are involved… The idea that it would be a level playing field, if it were not for either genes or discrimination, is a preconception in defiance of both logic and facts.” – Discriminations and Disparities (2018)

“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. Know-it-alls in the school system do not lose one dime or one hour’s sleep if their bright ideas turn out to be all wrong, or even disastrous, for the child.” – ‘Wake up, Parents,’ Jewish World Review (2000)

“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.” – ‘The Survival of the Left,’ Forbes (1997)

“What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. In so far as they fail, they receive the money; in so far as they succeed, even to a moderate extent, the money is taken away.” – TV’s “Free to Choose” (1980)

“The case for the political left looks more plausible on the surface but is harder to keep believing in as you become more experienced.” – Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays (1987)

“History shows that degeneracy can be turned around because it has been done in the past. But the real question today is: Will we turn it around-or is what we are doing likely to make matters worse?” – Barbarians inside the Gates? (1999)

“In its pursuit of justice for a segment of society, in disregard of the consequences for society as a whole, what is called ‘social justice’ might more accurately be called anti-social justice, since what consistently gets ignored or dismissed are precisely the costs to society. Such a conception of justice seeks to correct, not only biased or discriminatory acts by individuals or by social institutions, but unmerited disadvantages in general, from whatever source they may arise.” – The Quest for Cosmic Justice (2001)

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