Thomas Sowell: “Attempts to spread the wealth are, in fact, spreading poverty because you attack the people who are creating the most wealth.” “People get wealth because other people voluntarily pay them their money, and they voluntarily part with their money only because they’re getting something that they consider worth it.”

“The only person who can truly persuade you is yourself. You must turn the issues over in your mind at leisure, consider the many arguments, let them simmer, and after a long time turn your preferences into convictions.” — Milton Friedman

“People who talk incessantly about ‘change’ are often dogmatically set in their ways. They want to change other people.” — Thomas Sowell

The riots tonight left Times Square looking like a total WARZONE. Millions of dollars in property damage. Several people injured, including officers. Teenager shot. All while Mamdani and Hochul were out partying They didn’t left a FINGER to help the overwhelmed NYPD. Shame.

F.A. HAYEK: "If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialists."

"If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire

Thomas Sowell: "The liberal progressive mindset is prevalent among the intellectual academic world, because they have no real experience in the corporate environment. They believe they are brighter than other people, and know more than other people because they have been told that all their lives. You become a top intellectual because you have passed through all these successive filters, getting into the best colleges, best graduate schools etc."

Chris Nikic, the first person with Down syndrome to complete an Ironman, completes Ironman 70.3 Massachusetts. Shortly before the race, Nikic announced that he needed a guide to run alongside him for the race. That's when Dr. Tommy Martin decided to step up. ⁠ "I learned more in this race than almost any other I have competed in, and none of it was about race tactics or how to PR. It was about life, perspective, determination, and grit. I owe all of that to Chris," Martin said. "I hope every finish line Chris crosses serves as a reminder to the world: your diagnosis, your situation, your circumstances do not define your potential!" Congrats, Chris! Video: dr.tommymartin / ig.

“I am so old that I can remember when other people’s achievements were considered to be an inspiration, rather than a grievance.” — Thomas Sowell

On June 13, 1777, a 19-year-old French teenager landed on a beach in South Carolina, uninvited, to fight in someone else's war. He would become one of the most important men in American history. The Marquis de Lafayette was one of the richest young aristocrats in France. He had a beautiful wife, a fortune, and zero reason to risk any of it. But he believed in the American cause so fiercely that when the French king forbade him from going, Lafayette bought his own ship and sailed anyway. He literally went AWOL from a life of luxury to bleed for a country that didn't exist yet. Congress was annoyed at first. Another foreign officer looking for a paycheck? Then Lafayette offered to serve for free and pay his own way. That got their attention. He met Washington and the two formed one of the great father-son bonds in American history. Washington had no biological children. Lafayette named his only son George Washington Lafayette. He took a bullet in the leg at Brandywine and kept rallying the retreat. He was instrumental at Yorktown, the battle that won the war. He went home a hero on two continents. A foreign teenager believed in America before America did. 249 years ago today.

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Jennings: "I've been listening all day to liberals count and spend Elon's money for him...this envy, jealousy, hatred of success. Why is it immoral for somebody in our system, in the greatest nation on earth, to go out and build companies…"

Cam Newton says Jimmy Clausen wanted $1,000,000 for his jersey number, so he made it his mission to make sure nobody would hear his name again in Carolina “The equipment manager said, ‘The person who has No. 2, you got to work out a deal with him.’ So I went direct to the source” “When I felt that he was trying to play me, that took over to say, we will never hear Jimmy Clausen again in Carolina” “I would've donated $100,000 to his foundation or whatever. When he hit me with a million, I thought he was joking” “He called me back an hour later and was like, ‘I was just talking to some representatives of mine and we'll do $750,000’” “I said, ‘Oh, you for real?’ I said, ‘Bro, moms don't even make a million dollars in their lifetime where I'm from. You think I'm about to give you a million dollars for a number?’” “It went from becoming the best player to ever play for Carolina to, ‘You will never hear Jimmy Clausen's name as long as I'm here’”

"There's a woman... walking alone!"

"Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, 'social justice'." - Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell on socialists’ attitude toward wealth.

Milton Friedman: “Keep your eye on one thing and one thing only: how much government is spending, because that’s the true tax.” “If you’re not paying for it in the form of explicit taxes, you’re paying for it indirectly in the form of inflation or borrowing.”

COOPER WOULD NOT BE DENIED ‼️ Cooper Lutkenhaus edges out 2024 Olympic Champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi to win in Olso in 1:42.08. Cooper’s time is the world lead and US #3 all-time!! 😭 #DiamondLeague and #OsloDL coverage presented by @On_Running and @FleetFeetSports