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The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough o

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. – Thomas Sowell

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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them. – Thomas Sowell

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People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes. – Thomas Sowell

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People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do. – Thomas Sowell

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I think that politics needs a bit of spicing up. – Nigel Farage

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I think politics is important. Its how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject, and I almost dont understand why some people dont. – Chester Brown

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A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of peoples lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail. – Paul Wellstone

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These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over. – Van Morrison

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On the environmental front theres concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon. – Clive Anderson

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Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess Im partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life. – Neil Diamond

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There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end up in so many unfamiliar places, from Alaska to Africa. – Carol Alt

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A fool must now and then be right, by chance. – William Cowper

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