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Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best an

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

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Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from reality. – Thomas Sowell

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Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government. – Thomas Sowell

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