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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, clothe, and lodge the whole body of the people, should have such a share of the produce of their own labour as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed, and lodged.
Adam Smith1723–1790The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I, Chapter VIIIIn context
No woman has an abortion for fun.
Joan Smithborn 1953
- Abortion
I don’t believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest.
Margaret Chase Smith1897–1995Declaration of Conscience (1950)
The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as “Communists” or “Fascists” by their opponents.
Margaret Chase Smith1897–1995Declaration of Conscience (1950)
- Freedom
Untouched by the breath of God, unrestricted by human conscience, both capitalism and socialism are repulsive.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn1918–2008Interview with Joseph Pearce (2003)
- Economics
- God
Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality — but reality as distorted by a misconception.
George Sorosborn 1930BuzzFlash interview (2004)
- Economics
- Money
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.
Thomas Sowellborn 1930“The Survival of the Left”, Forbes (Sep 8, 1997)
Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
Thomas Sowellborn 1930Is Reality Optional? (1993), Social Deterioration
If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago and a racist today.
Thomas Sowellborn 1930Creators Syndicate November 28, 1998.
- Race
If there is one thing that is bipartisan in Washington, it is brazen hypocrisy.
Thomas Sowellborn 1930“Supreme Hypocrisy”, 29 March 2016
- Clever Jabs
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.
Thomas Sowellborn 1930The Thomas Sowell Reader, New York: NY, Basic Books (2011) p. 144, Forbes magazine, “The survival of the left” (Sept. 8, 1997)
- Economics
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 Sowellborn 1930Is Reality Optional? (1993), Student Loans
- Economics
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.
Thomas Sowellborn 1930Big Lies in Politics, 22 May 2012.
- Truth & Lies
All socialism involves slavery.
Herbert Spencer1820–1903The Man versus the State (1884), “The Coming Slavery”
- Government
A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
Joseph Stalin1878–1953“The Elections in St. Petersburg”, article in Sotsial-Demokrat No. 30 (January 1913)
- Clever Jabs