Carolina QuotesFacts do not "speak for themselves." They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theory or visions are mere isolated curiosities.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
Source
Ch. 1 : The Role of Vision
- work
- A Conflict of Visions (1987)
- year
- 1987
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“Facts do not "speak for themselves." They speak for or again…” Thomas Sowell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-65912845AD. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/65912845ad
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