Larry Elder Quotes

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• Good motives aside, white condescension does more damage than good. White condescension says to a black child, 'The rules used by other ethnic groups don't apply to you. Forget about work hard, get an education, posses good values. No, for you, we'll alter the rules by lowering the standards and expecting less.' Expect less, get less.

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  Children, Hard Work, White

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• A goal without a plan is just a wish.

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  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

  Larry Elder (2001). “The Ten Things You Can't Say In America”, p.62, Macmillan

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• A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.

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  Gun, Roots, Demand

  FaceBook post by Larry Elder from Dec 04, 2015

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• Conservatives consider liberals well-intentioned, but misguided. Liberals consider conservatives not only wrong, but really, really bad people.

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  People, Misguided, Wells

  "Open-Minded Liberals?" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 24, 2008.

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• Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called leaders lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.

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  Lying, School, Issues

  Larry Elder (2001). “The Ten Things You Can't Say In America”, p.7, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.

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  Doing What You Want, Easy, Hard

  "'Gun Culture' - What About the 'Fatherless Culture'?" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 17, 2013.

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• But did the Founding Fathers ever intend for the federal government to involve itself in education, health care or retirement benefits? The answer, quite clearly, is no. The Constitution, in Article I, Section 8 - which contains the general welfare clause - seeks to restrain federal government, not expand it.

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  Retirement, Father, Government

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• The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.

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  Children, School, Simple

  "'Gun Culture' - What About the 'Fatherless Culture'?" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 17, 2013.

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• America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.

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  Government, Practice, America

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• People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.

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  People, Effort, Acquire

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• To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.

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  Children, House, Shooting

  "Radio talk show host Larry Elder". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 26, 2012.

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• Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior.

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  Optimism, Mind, Behavior

  Larry Elder (2001). “The Ten Things You Can't Say In America”, p.57, Macmillan

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• The welfare state is an assault on families.

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  Welfare, States, Assault

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• Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.

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  Mean, Government, Regulation

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• Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

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  Government, Individual

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• The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.

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  Men, Black, Causes

  "'Gun Culture' – What About the 'Fatherless Culture'?" by Larry Elder, www.wnd.com. January 16, 2013.

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• Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.

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  Mother, Father, Crow

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• This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.

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  Passion, Gun, Law

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• Because Fox News is allegedly biased in favor of conservatives, critics whine like children whose lunch money got snatched. Conservatives have been pummeled for decades. Now that Fox News and conservative talk radio give people alternatives, critics squeal as if being sodomized.

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  Children, Lunch, People

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• According to the Social Security Administration, in 1945, 41.9 workers supported each individual retiree, while today only 3.3 workers support each retiree. This system cannot continue.

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  Support, Today, Administration

  "You're too stupid to manage your own money". townhall.com. January 20, 2005.

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• Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare.

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  Principles, Roles, Charity

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• Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.

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  Children, Father, Home

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• Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.

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  Cutting, Doe, Increase

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• If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.

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  Dad, Men, White

  "Radio talk show host Larry Elder". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 26, 2012.

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• The war on drugs is wrong, both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid, too reckless, and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt.

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  War, Stupid, People

  Larry Elder (2001). “The Ten Things You Can't Say In America”, p.253, Macmillan

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