Sayings of Dr. Thomas Sowell

Ran across an article by Dr. Thomas Sowell on the Net.
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/thomassowell/2006/06/13/200951.html
I am going out and buying his books, if the local bookstore even carries them. Here are a few excerpts from his random thoughts column - comments on the passing scene:

"Neither your money nor your complexion makes you automatically guilty of anything. This seems so obvious that it is painful to see how many people believe otherwise, as some of the responses to the rape charges against Duke University lacrosse players make all too clear.

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The beauty of doing nothing is that you can do it perfectly. Only when you do something is it almost impossible to do it without mistakes. Therefore people who are contributing nothing to society except their constant criticisms can feel both intellectually and morally superior.

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"We are a nation of immigrants," we are constantly reminded. We are also a nation of people with ten fingers and ten toes. Does that mean that anyone who has ten fingers and ten toes should be welcomed and given American citizenship?

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The idea that other people don't have the same rights that you do was once the mark of the ignorant. But today it is the mark of too many of our elite universities, where those who disagree with the prevailing political correctness are either silenced by speech codes or shouted down if they are speakers invited on campus to present a different viewpoint."

Thomas Sowell Author of "Black Rednecks and White Liberals"

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Comments posted to his column:

It is fascinating to see politicians who express outrage that the government is intercepting phone calls to and from terrorists express no outrage that all kinds of organizations on the Internet are getting all kinds of information from our personal computers all the time without our knowledge.

Not to mention the fact that the IRS requires us to disclose our entire financial situation on everyApril 15th. Every time we get paid, every dime we invest in the stock market, every mortgage payment, the size of the home office, how many miles put on cars for work . . . . Those expressing outrage never seem to complain about that. How can I take the complainers seriously?