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“Some people say that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. But the runaway taxes of our time are the price we pay for being gullible.”

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Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell is a renowned economist, born on June 30, 1930. His research spans across various fields such as economic policy, race, and social issues, having a profound impact on economics and the social sciences. more

“The government can back up its tastes and beliefs with the police power. That is why it cannot be permitted tastes and beliefs. Most emphatically, it cannot be permitted to define one group as being privileged over another group of people. It was wrong in the days of Jim Crow; it is wrong in the days of affirmative action.”

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Author:Charles A. Murray

“Freedom has ceased to be a birthright; it has come to mean whatever we are still permitted to do.”

Mean Stills Birthright

Author:Joseph Sobran

“Because many of us make mistakes that can have bad consequences, some intellectuals believe that it is the role of government to intervene and make some of our decisions for us. From what galaxy government is going to hire creatures who do not make mistakes is a question they leave unanswered.”

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Author:Thomas Sowell

“Much of the appeal of feminism is that it encourages women to do what they always felt like doing anyway: take everything personally. But to succeed at the highest level, you need some objectivity, which feminism hates. Feminists see objective reality as a conspiracy out to make them feel bad about themselves.”

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Author:Steve Sailer

“If women can organize missionary societies, temperance societies, and every kind of charitable organization... why not permit them to be ordained to preach the Gospel and administer the sacraments of the Church?”

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Author:Frances E. Willard

“To hell with the Constitution when people want coal!”

People Want Hell Constitution Coal

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

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