Carolina QuotesEnvy plus rhetoric equals 'social justice'.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
Source
Random Thoughts
- work
- Is Reality Optional? (1993)
- year
- 1993
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“Envy plus rhetoric equals 'social justice'.” Thomas Sowell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F406BCC066. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f406bcc066
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