People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will neve… - Thomas Sowell

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People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will never forgive you for being right – especially if events prove you right while proving them wrong.

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Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist and political commentator. He taught economics at Cornell University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and since 1980 at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he is currently Senior Fellow.

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