Carolina QuotesNothing could be more jolting and discordant with the vision of today's intellectuals than the fact that it was businessmen, devout religious leaders and Western imperialists who together destroyed slavery around the world. And if it doesn't fit their vision, it is the same to them as if it never happened.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
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Ending Slavery, 8 February 2005.
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- 2005
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“Nothing could be more jolting and discordant with the vision…” Thomas Sowell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-64059421F3. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/64059421f3
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