Cal Thomas Quotes

• America’s most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of love.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in America, Failure, Politics

• One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician’s objective. Election and power are.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Politics

  Tags in Election

• As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to eliminate the elderly and infirm to ‘free up’ more money for the ‘fit’ and those who contribute more than they take from society.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Social Security, Grow

• Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn’t lead it – sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor – who will?

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in America, Uncategorized

  Tags in Freedom, Battle

• In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Government

• Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Government, Institutions

• No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins ‘we the people’, not ‘us the government’.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Power

  Tags in Constitution, Mind

• In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Violent, Laws

• People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Immorality

• Politicians have limited power. They can’t impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country?

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Country, Power

  Tags in Politicians

• Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren’t there as a perpetual parent.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Perpetual, People

• The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn’t really compete against another team.

  Cal Thomas

  Topics in Sports

  Tags in Traditional

Cal Thomas (12)

Birth:	1942
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Columnist, Commentator, Writer

About

Cal Thomas was born in Washington, D.C., United States. He is an American columnist, radio commentator and writer. He is a columnist for USA Today where he writes articles with friend and political opposite Bob Beckel in the style of "point–counterpoint". During the 1960s and early 1970s he worked as a reporter at NBC News. His program on CNBC was nominated for a CableACE Award in 1995. Thomas joined Fox News as a political contributor in 1997. He also gives a daily radio commentary, which is heard on more than 300 stations. He has written 10 books, including Blinded By Might, that discussed, among other things, the role of the Moral Majority in American politics of the 1980s.

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