Carolina QuotesIf you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago and a racist today.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
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Creators Syndicate November 28, 1998.
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- 1980s–1990s
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- 1998
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