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Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped.

Thomas Sowell

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Thomas Sowell
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 30
Economist
University Teacher
Gastonia
North Carolina
Power
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Going
Officials
Stopped
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