Thomas Sowell Quotes About Politicians

Quotes about: Politicians

• Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.

  Thomas Sowell

  Usa, America, Political

  Thomas Sowell (2002). “Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

• Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.

  Thomas Sowell

  Income, Might, Pay

• No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems - of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind.

  Thomas Sowell

  Two, Numbers, Political

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com

• If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves

  Thomas Sowell

  Giving, Voting, Promise

• Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists'

  Thomas Sowell

  Race, Racism, People

• What do you call it when someone steals someone else's money secretly? Theft. What do you call it when someone takes someone else's money openly by force? Robbery. What do you call it when a politician takes someone else's money in taxes and gives it to someone who is more likely to vote for him? Social Justice.

  Thomas Sowell

  Giving, Justice, Vote

• 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 Sowell

  Liars, Successful, Reflection

  "Big Lies in Politics". townhall.com. May 22, 2012.

• In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.

  Thomas Sowell

  Money, Answers, Way

• People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and all the creatures in it could have evolved spontaneously, but that the economy is too complicated to operate without being directed by politicians.

  Thomas Sowell

  Believe, Government, People

• Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Jobs, Real

• Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

  Thomas Sowell

  Government, Want, Politician

• The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians.

  Thomas Sowell

  Political, Unions, Corporations

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “The Thomas Sowell Reader”, p.71, Basic Books

• The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves. You can talk about 'social justice' all you want. But what death taxes boil down to is letting politicians take money from widows and orphans to pay for goodies that they will hand out to others, in order to buy votes to get re-elected. That is not social justice or any other kind of justice.

  Thomas Sowell

  Hands, Order, Deserve You

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Controversial Essays”, p.59, Hoover Press

• If politicians were serious about day care for children, instead of just sloganizing about it, nothing they could do would improve the quality of child care more than by lifting the heavy burden of taxation that forces so many families to have both parents working.

  Thomas Sowell

  Children, Day Care, Parent

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Controversial Essays”, p.319, Hoover Press

• If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates.

  Thomas Sowell

  Party, Government, Would Be

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.397, ReadHowYouWant.com

• Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.

  Thomas Sowell

  Dwarves, Creating, Justice

• How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away by rhetoric?

  Thomas Sowell

  Long, People, Heaven

• It is amazing how many of the intelligentsia call it "greed" to want to keep what you have earned, but not greed to want to take away what somebody else has earned, and let politicians use it to buy votes.

  Thomas Sowell

  Greed, Use, Want

• It is fascinating to watch politicians come up with 'solutions' to problems that are a direct result of their previous solutions. In many cases, the most efficient thing to do would be to repeal their previous solution and stop being so gung-ho for creating new solutions in the future. But, politically, that is the last thing they will do.

  Thomas Sowell

  Creating, Political, Watches

• In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no one traces the politicians’ fingerprints on the murder weapon.

  Thomas Sowell

  Eggs, Long, Political

• What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

  Thomas Sowell

  Race, Blood, Political

  Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

• ...Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.

  Thomas Sowell

  Believe, People, Facts

• We're not a socialist country, because the socialists believe in government ownership in the means of production, but the fascists believe that the government should have private ownership and the politicians should tell people how to run the businesses. So that's the route we seem to be going.

  Thomas Sowell

  Running, Country, Believe

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• The most politically painless way to hand out goodies, without taking responsibility for their costs, is to pass a law saying that somebody else must provide those goodies at their expense, while the politicians take credit for generosity and compassion.

  Thomas Sowell

  Responsibility, Compassion, Hands

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.93, ReadHowYouWant.com

• There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.

  Thomas Sowell

  Political, Benefits, Politician

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.217, ReadHowYouWant.com

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