“Intellectuals may like to imagine themselves as people who speak truth to power, but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power”
— Thomas Sowell
Simplified Meaning:
Sometimes, smart people pretend they are telling the truth to important people, but many times, they actually lie to become powerful themselves.
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