“Envy plus rhetoric equals ‘social justice’” is a saying that has been printed on many images. American economist and political commentator Thomas Sowell wrote this in his syndicated newspaper column on December 1, 1991.
 
     
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Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist and political commentator. He taught economics at Cornell University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and since 1980 at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he is currently Senior Fellow.
 
Sowell writes from a libertarian conservative perspective, advocating supply-side economics. He has written more than thirty books (a number of which have been reprinted in revised editions). In 2002 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal.
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Envy plus rhetoric equals ‘social justice’.
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Envy plus rhetoric equals ‘social justice.’”
     
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“Envy plus rhetoric equals ‘social justice.’”
—Thomas Sowell, “Random Thoughts,” The Thomas Sowell Reader (New York: Basic Books/Perseus Books Group, 2011), page 399.
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I rarely disagree with Sowell but actually the formula is — Envy plus rhetoric plus robbery with state violence equals “social justice”
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Envy plus rhetoric equals “social justice.”                                         
~~~~  Thomas Sowell
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Envy plus rhetoric equals ‘social justice.
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“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
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“Envy plus rhetoric equals “social justice.”
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Envy Plus Rhetoric
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“Envy plus
rhetoric equals
‘social justice.’”
THOMAS SOWELL