Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnsons administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamaras brilliant whiz kids tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results. – Thomas Sowell
Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from reality. – Thomas Sowell
In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected. – Thomas Sowell
Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. – Thomas Sowell