“Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.”

—  Thomas Sowell

Random Thoughts http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2004/02/25/random_thoughts/page/full, Feb 25, 2004
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