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Thomas Sowell je americký ekonom, sociální teoretik, politický filozof a spisovatel.

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Thomas Sowell nejznámější citáty

„Slovo "rasismus" je jako kečup. Může být kladen na prakticky cokoliv - a požadavek důkazů z tebe dělá "rasistu.".“

Thomas Sowell

Originál: (en) The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything – and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'
Zdroj: [A Political Glossary, townhall.com, 2012-06-26, 2014-08-07, http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/06/26/a_political_glossary/page/full]

„Porovnávat kteroukoli společnost s ideály téměř garantuje, že tato společnost bude odsouzena jako selhání. Už proto, že představit si něco lepšího, než co existuje – tedy vytvořit ideál – má nulové náklady, zatímco všechno, co vytváříte v reálném světě, je zatíženo svými náklady.“

Thomas Sowell

Zdroj: [Sobek, Tomáš, Spravedlnost mezi utopií a realitou, Právník, 2017, listopad, 156, 11, 999-1014, https://kramerius.lib.cas.cz/view/uuid:656fe70c-9d63-464f-8b6f-14197a4b5db9?article=uuid:4e6cc747-ec75-40f9-a051-11b2187ba36d, 0231-6625]

„Říci, že můj vztah k redaktorům [knih] nebyl vždy šťastný, by naprosto nevystihlo skutečnost. Pro mě osobně fakt, že jsem žádného redaktora nikdy nezabil, dokazuje, že trest smrti skutečně odrazuje. Ale jelikož se v dnešní době máme každý přiznat k zahanbujícím příhodám ze svého mládí, musím připustit, že jsem jednou taky dělal redaktora. Jen jednou. A nešlukoval jsem.“

Thomas Sowell

Originál: (en) To say that my relationship with editors has not always been a happy one would be to completely understate the situation. To me, the fact that I have never killed an editor is proof that the death penalty deters. However, since nowadays we are all supposed to confess to shameful episodes in our past, I must admit that I was once an editor. Only once. And I didn’t inhale.
Zdroj: [Sowell, Thomas, Some Thoughts about Writing, Hoover Press, Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, https://www.hoover.org/, 27. 2. 2001, 26.2.2021, https://www.hoover.org/research/some-thoughts-about-writing]

Thomas Sowell: Citáty anglicky

“Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.”

Thomas Sowell

Zdroj: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 5 : Political Trade-Offs

“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”

Thomas Sowell

Zdroj: The Thomas Sowell Reader, New York: NY, Basic Books (2011) p. 144, Forbes magazine, "The survival of the left" (Sept. 8, 1997)

“Civilization is an enormous device for economizing on knowledge.”

Thomas Sowell

Zdroj: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge

“I'm always embarrassed when people say that I'm courageous. Soldiers are courageous. Policemen are courageous. Firemen are courageous. I just have a thick hide and disregard what silly people say.”

Thomas Sowell

&quot;Live&quot; with Thomas Sowell https://www.aei.org/publication/live-thomas-sowell/, The American Enterprise, September 2004. <br class="br">2000s

“If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago and a racist today.”

Thomas Sowell

Creators Syndicate http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-11-28/news/9811270852_1_households-liberals-parents November 28, 1998. <br class="br">1980s–1990s

“If you don't believe in the innate unreasonableness of human beings, just try raising children.”

Thomas Sowell

1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)

“Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.”

Thomas Sowell

Random Thoughts http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2004/02/25/random_thoughts/page/full, Feb 25, 2004 <br class="br">2000s

“If there is one thing that is bipartisan in Washington, it is brazen hypocrisy.”

Thomas Sowell

&quot;Supreme Hypocrisy&quot; http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2016/03/29/supreme-hypocrisy-n2139969, 29 March 2016 <br class="br">2010s

“People who talk incessantly about "change" are often dogmatically set in their ways. They want to change other people.”

Thomas Sowell

1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)

“Global warming' is just the latest in a long line of hysterical crusades to which we seem to be increasingly susceptible.”

Thomas Sowell

National Review http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzA5YjM2MzY0ZGI1OWIyNGI4NTdmY2QxZGU3NzM5NjE=, March 15, 2007. <br class="br">2000s

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