“Some people are puzzled by the fact that so much that is said and done by politicians seems remote from reality. But reality is not what gets politicians elected. Appearances, rhet...”

Random Thoughts (2001)

“The last person to trust with power is someone who is dying to have it. The best person to wield power is someone who is reluctant to do so, but who will do it for a while as a civ...”

The Thomas Sowell Reader (2011)

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

Knowledge and Decisions (1980)