Quote by Thomas Sowell: Belief and Proof
“You do not need proof for what people want to believe.”
Thomas Sowell
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John Taylor Gatto on School and Self-Directed Learning
“Children do not learn in school; they are babysat. It takes maybe 50 hours to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. After that, students can teach themselves. Mainly what school does is to keep the children off the streets and out of the job market.”
John Taylor Gatto
Politicians and Benefits – Thomas Sowell Quote
“There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.”
Thomas Sowell
Government and Economy: Quote by Milton Friedman
“There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.”
Milton Friedman
John Taylor Gatto on Education and Social Engineering
“What’s gotten in the way of education in the United States is a theory of social engineering that says there is ONE RIGHT WAY to proceed with growing up.”
John Taylor Gatto
Doing the Right Thing is Fun – Thomas Sowell
“Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people.”
Thomas Sowell
“Very Few Marxists” – Quote by Milton Friedman
“You know there are very few Marxists left in the world… they’re all in American universities.”
Milton Friedman
Politics and Responsibility – Thomas Sowell Quote
“Politics is largely the process of taking credit and putting the blame on others – regardless of what the facts may be.”
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell on Patriotism and Western Culture
“Not only is patriotism disdained, the very basis for pride in one’s country and culture is systematically undermined in our educational institutions at all levels. The achievements of western civilization are buried in histories that portray every human sin found here as if they were peculiarities of the west.”
Thomas Sowell
John Taylor Gatto on Education and Individual Interests
“It is absurd and anti-life to be part of a system that compels you to listen to a stranger reading poetry when you want to learn to construct buildings, or to sit with a stranger discussing the construction of buildings when you want to read poetry.”
John Taylor Gatto