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
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
Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric. – Thomas Sowell
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
I just think it is important that you realize , that youre the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether youre libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go. – Clint Eastwood