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Thomas Sowell
“The most dangerous state in the growth of civilization may well be that in which man has come to regard all these beliefs as superstitions and refuses to accept or to submit to anything which he does not rationally understand. The rationalist whose reason is not sufficient to teach him those limitations of the power of conscious reason, and who despises all the institutions and customs which have not been consciously designed, would thus become the destroyer of the civilization built upon them.”
Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions

Thomas Sowell
“practically every individual has some advantage over all others because he possesses unique information of which beneficial use might be made, but of which use can be made only if the decisions depending on it are left to him or are made with his active cooperation.”
Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions

Thomas Sowell
“Alexander Hamilton in The Federalist Papers: It is the lot of all human institutions, even those of the most perfect kind, to have defects as well as excellencies—ill as well as good propensities.”
Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions

Thomas Sowell
“I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.”
Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions

Thomas Sowell
“There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.”
Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

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