Thomas Sowell

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

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.

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

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area after area - crime, education, housing, race relations - the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.