Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power. - Thomas Sowell

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Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.

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About Thomas Sowell

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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