“Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, esp...” — Thomas Sowell Quote

“Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids' tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results.”

“Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.”

“Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?”

“The possible ranks higher than the actual.”

“You cannot step into the same river twice.”

“It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”