Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are … - Thomas Sowell

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The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.

Thomas Sowell

Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.

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Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.

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Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

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Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

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Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don't know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields.

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In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.

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