Telling People What They Want to Hear

From his Wikipedia page:

Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social philosopher and political commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative.

Still going strong 94 years old, Sowell has given us plenty of valuable quotes, like the one at left.

Has a certain relevance to the U.S. president-elect, doesn’t it?