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Someone once said that the most important knowledge is knowledge of our own ignorance. Our schools are depriving millions of students of that kind of knowledge by promoting self-esteem and encouraging them to have opinions on things of which they are grossly ignorant, if not misinformed.

Thomas Sowell

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Thomas Sowell
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 30
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Gastonia
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