It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

—Thomas Sowell

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Thomas Sowell ( SOHL; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, economic historian, and social theorist. With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative. He is a senior fellow at...

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An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

—Thomas Sowell

Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened.

—Thomas Sowell

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.

—Thomas Sowell

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.

—Thomas Sowell

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

—Thomas Sowell

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