Quote by Thomas Sowell
Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safet

Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns. – Thomas Sowell

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Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated. – Thomas Sowell

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The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best. – 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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From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need. – Karl Marx

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The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level. – Norman Mailer

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