"Few of the great tragedies of history..." - Quote by Thomas Sowell

“Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped.”

“Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.”

“It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.”

“He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.”

“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.”

“Sense will always have attractions for me.”

“There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new.”

“Ten thousand people died, an entire town destroyed.”

“Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.”