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Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism.

— Thomas Sowell

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Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.

Knowledge and Decisions (1980)

If there is one thing that is bipartisan in Washington, it is brazen hypocrisy.

Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.

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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.

Racism has never done this country any good, and it needs to be fought against, not put under new management for different groups.

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