"One of the big differences between Democrats..." - Quote by Thomas Sowell

“A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.”

“It is amazing how many people seem to think that the government exists to turn their prejudices into law.”

“Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children of illegal immigrants have such a right?”

“No political party can possibly lead a great revolutionary movement to victory unless it possesses revolutionary theory and knowledge of history and has a profound grasp of the practical movement.”

“Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.”

“If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first.”

“There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This, within certain limits, is probably true, and, in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged.”

“I didn't leave the Democratic party; the Democratic party left me.”

“Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man.”