"One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans-- anything except reason."
React to this quote
More by Thomas Sowell
See allResonant Thoughts
"The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative. The history of the capitalist era is characterized by the degradation of my people: despoiled of the…"
"There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks who have chosen to accept a certain religion, philosophy, theory, idea or notio…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"...Spinozism conquers a place in contemporary philosophy, no longer simply as an historical index of refere…"
— Baruch Spinoza"I bow down to and go for refuge in the glorious sublime master and all the glorious accomplished ones. Plea…"
— Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen"Moral indignation, … the intervention into the affairs of others because we think them wicked, must necessa…"
— Jock Young"I amongist other have indured a Parlyament which contenewid by the space of xvij hole wekes, wher we commun…"
— Thomas Cromwell"Admittedly America has not fully succeeded. The absence of definition, of principles, and of methods of Ame…"
— Frances Kellor"I cannot afford the luxury of sentiment, mine must be cold logic."
— George C. Marshall
Related Thinkers
Related Topics
Deep Dives
- David Cay Johnston on philosophy
- Bernard Lietaer on philosophy
- George Katona on philosophy
- David Cay Johnston on politics
- David Cay Johnston on time
- David Cay Johnston on justice
- David Cay Johnston on life
- David Cay Johnston on knowledge
- David Cay Johnston on art
- David Cay Johnston on money
- knowledge & Beauty
- knowledge & Change
