Economist, political philosopher and author Thomas Sowell turned 83 today, and there were many well wishers on Twitter:
What Soop said!! MT @soopermexican: Happy Birthday to my intellectual hero, Thomas Sowell! "I got SOWELL!" http://t.co/xAcR9WvyA9 #tcot
— CLA (@ConservativeLA) June 30, 2013
Happy Birthday to the great Dr Thomas Sowell! God Bless!
— Leslie ن (@LADowd) June 30, 2013
Happy 83 Birthday to Thomas Sowell. Your writings, ideas transform generations of uneasy liberals into confident conservative thinkers.
— War and Peace (@cynthharrington) June 30, 2013
Happy 83rd Birthday Dr Thomas Sowell! Thank you for sharing your wisdom! #tcot pic.twitter.com/dOxdmQ5E4p
— Janie Johnson (@jjauthor) June 30, 2013
https://twitter.com/jessicarights/status/351451063158702082
Dr. Thomas Sowell is truly a national treasure. Happy 83rd birthday! http://t.co/ptjK6EXoTJ
— Rob Olive (@LibertyRob) June 30, 2013
https://twitter.com/strangep00rk/status/351372311317848067
And of course you can’t have a birthday party on Twitter for one of the most quotable conservatives of all time without also celebrating some of Sowell’s greatest hits:
https://twitter.com/famousquotenet/status/351415600079314944
Thomas Sowell: “Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, & many by the village genius.”
— Janie Johnson (@jjauthor) June 30, 2013
"We pay our public officials too much for what they are & too little for what we want them to be” – Thomas Sowell #tcot #P2 MT @jjauthor
— Jeffrey Joy (@jeffreywjoy) June 30, 2013
https://twitter.com/NikkiWili/status/351425172668039168
https://twitter.com/OLLiberty/status/351407885772783617
Thomas Sowell, enuf said!! RT @jjauthor: Dr Thomas Sowell on socialism! #tcot #HappyBirthday pic.twitter.com/03cAyKSb5S
— Text Trump to 88022 ✝️??⭐⭐⭐ ?? (@K1erry) June 30, 2013
The years have been kind, Dr. Sowell, and we wish you many more!
@jjauthor 83! Wow. I thought he was in his 60's!
— Dave ?? (@CountDownDave) June 30, 2013