Quotation of the Day…

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… is from page 335 of the “Random Thoughts” section of Thomas Sowell’s 2010 book, Dismantling America:

The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied. They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer – and they don’t want explanations that fail to give them that.