Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individu…

Thomas Sowell
270 citations
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights. ✨ Is Reality Optional?. Book by Thomas Sowell, 1993.
Humanity Reading Truth
28

More Author Quotes

Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.
Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.
Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem. ✨ Thomas Sowell (2011). D … ▶
The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on them lack common sense. But the very commonness of common sense mak … ▶
The difference between a policy and a crusade is that a policy is judged by its results, while a crusade is judged by how good it makes its crusaders feel.

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights. ✨ Is Reality Optional?. Book by Thomas Sowell, 1993.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes