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)

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

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