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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

Said it best -- "The ultimatemeasure of a man is not where he stands in moments of...

said it best -- "The ultimate
measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort
and convenience, but where he stands at times
of challenge and controversy." The media -- the television
and the print media, they've wised up

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said it best --
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"The ultimate measure of a man
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is not where he stands
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in moments of comfort and convenience,
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but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
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The media -- the television and the print media,
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they've wised up.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:07
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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Movie Summary

Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.
You can't argue with Tom, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
You can't argue with Tom,
They're just ignoring what he's written - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
They're just ignoring what he's written
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First, intellectual honesty -- asking the right questions, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
First, intellectual honesty -- asking the right questions,
Second, the importance of incentives - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Second, the importance of incentives
Third, the belief that a group's upward mobility - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Third, the belief that a group's upward mobility
And finally, Sowell has an abiding respect - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
And finally, Sowell has an abiding respect
What formed the foundation of a man who would go on - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
What formed the foundation of a man who would go on
That story began - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
That story began
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The Great Depression was just getting underway, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:16
The Great Depression was just getting underway,
Sowell's father died before Tom was born - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
Sowell's father died before Tom was born
He was adopted by his great aunt - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
He was adopted by his great aunt
My whole career would not have been possible - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
My whole career would not have been possible
I mean, nobody in that family had ever graduated - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I mean, nobody in that family had ever graduated
But they were interested in education - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
But they were interested in education
Tom was raised by a great aunt and her adult children. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Tom was raised by a great aunt and her adult children.
The family moved to New York City's - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
The family moved to New York City's
"My great fear is that a black child - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:39
"My great fear is that a black child
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