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Controversial Essays
by Thomas Sowell · 2002
Sharp, short columns on everything from education to gun control.
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Sharp, short columns on everything from education to gun control. Good for reading one at a time or when you need a specific argument fast.
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Quotes from Controversial Essays
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“If you want to see the poor remain poor, generation after generation, just keep the standards low in their schools and make excuses for their academic shortcomings and personal misbehavior. But pleas...”
p. 306
“The welfare state is the greatest confidence racket of all time. The government takes your money in taxes and then turns around and spends some of it to give you things. For this, you feel dependent o...”
p. 306 · Random Thoughts
“If you don’t believe in the innate unreasonableness of human beings, just try raising children.”
p. 321
“War makes me respect soldiers and despise politicians.”
p. 321
“The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.”
p. 318 · Random Thoughts
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