"The idea that money is corrupting innocent..." - Quote by Thomas Sowell

“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.”

“Pedestrians never seem to realize that they are a threat to the safety of cars.”

“The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a whole, even though the aura of scientific processes and results is often appropriated by other intellectuals.”

“One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a ''weasel word'' after another there is nothing left of the other.”

“Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter.”

“[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possibly save it afterwards.”

“The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.”

“Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds.”

“The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor.”