Thomas Sowell Quotes

It is extreme arrogance for one to think he...and it's usually he, is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it.

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

We’ve been an arrogant country.

I’m going to take Tennessee ideas to Washington and make them work for the country.

The tragedy is that political leaders failed so badly at delivering what Iraqis clearly wanted - and for that, a great deal of responsibility lies with Prime Minister Maliki.

Reagan used to say that 'we're a country with a government.' Well, now we're a government with a country, and we're making everybody else that way, too.

It's quite clear that Gore won most of the votes. I think the accurate description for them is a military plutocracy. Having lived and worked in the United States, I must add that I don't want to make too much of the distinction between the Bush regime and its predecessors. I don't see a great deal of difference.

I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country.

Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.

There is a difference between being a political force, or a political apparent force or a potential force, and between a real discourse or a real argument.

I am Congress; I'm president.

Politics is so difficult, it's generally only people who aren't quite up to the task who feel convinced they are.

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

With people in high office, the old - you go into the extreme, which is absolute power and absolute power corrupts.

But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.

Putin is no different than any other powerful man, like a Senator, or a President.

The only game [Vladimir] Putin can play is to establish a lifelong dictatorship in the country, at first de facto and finally also de jure. In this case, [Dmitri] Medvedev is an interim figure bound to assist Putin in his plan to guarantee a smooth transition to a new term in office.

If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way to clearing thought, and reducing the frightful landslide into Theyocracy.

Too many people in Washington are full of themselves, among other things that they are full of.

Africa's downfall has always been the cult of the personality. And their names always seem to begin with M. We've had Mobutu and Mengistu and I'm not going to add Meles to the list.

I think the difference the Jimmy Carter presidency and the Obama regime is navet and maliciousness. I think this is purposeful maliciousness. That's why what you're seeing now in this administration. I don't think they care for this country. And I think they're trying to make it into some kind of third-world socialistic cesspool. I think they are willing to get in bed with any dictator or despotic ruler that they see.

Yahya Khan wasn't interested in the government of the country, he was interested in power for its own sake and nothing else.

America has been betrayed. We've been betrayed by the leadership that Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton have provided to this country over the last number of years. Think about just what's happened today.

There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak.

Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches.