"We seem to be getting closer and..." - Quote by Thomas Sowell

“Benedict Arnold was a war hero, wounded in battle--before he turned against his country. Hitler was likewise a decorated and wounded veteran of the First World War. Being a war hero is not a lifetime...exempt[ion]...from responsibility for what you do thereafter.”

“Someone once said that the most important knowledge is knowledge of our own ignorance. Our schools are depriving millions of students of that kind of knowledge by promoting "self-esteem" and encouraging them to have opinions on things of which they are grossly ignorant, if not misinformed.”

“Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.”

“If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.”

“I refuse to buy from anybody anything however nice or beautiful if it interferes with my growth or injures those whom Nature has made my first care.”

“Do what's right, first. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to do the right thing first.”

“Imprisonment, as it exists today, is a worse crime than any of those committed by its victims.”

“The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.”

“Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.”