“If for harming himself a man forfeits his freedom, then he is not free at all.” IfsMenFirstsForfeit Author:Ilana Mercer
“If women with the same skills as men were getting only 78 cents for every dollar a man earns, men would have long-since priced themselves out of the market.” IfsMenLongSkillsDollarsCents Author:Ilana Mercer
“Quotas are a perfectly logical, if diabolical, extension of the regulation of private property courtesy of the Civil Rights Act, whereby in an attempt to shape American society in politically pleasing ways, people have been coerced into liking, hiring or renting against their will or better judgment.” PeopleIfsWayHas BeensRightsShapesJudgmentPropertyCivil RightsLogicalRegulationExtensionsCourtesyHiringPrivate PropertyAmerican SocietyDiabolicalQuotaCivil Rights Act Author:Ilana Mercer
“Still - and for all Obama's heavy hinting to the contrary - Islam has no "human rights." The ideas of individual rights and the dignity of man are distinctly Western, an outgrowth of the Enlightenment. And while dialogue is dignified; dhimmitude is not, even if it achieves a desired, if temporary, effect.” IfsMenHumansStillsIdeasIndividualRightsAchieveEffectsEnlightenmentDignityIslamWesternHuman RightsHeavyContraryDialogueTemporaryIndividual Rights Author:Ilana Mercer
“By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words, they pay taxes out of money confiscated from taxpayers, who, in turn, pay taxes twice: on their own income and on the income of members of the bureaucracy. At the very least, this should disqualify state workers from voting.” IfsShouldStatesGovernmentTurnsPayHonestTaxesMembersStandardsPaidWorkersIncomeVotingBureaucracyTaxpayersAccountingUnorthodoxGovernment Workers Author:Ilana Mercer
“There is no such thing as absolute free speech; there are only absolute rights of private property. Speech is circumscribed by private property rights. You may deliver a disquisition in my virtual or actual living room only if I permit you to so do.” IfsMayRoomsRightsSpeechAbsolutesPropertyPermitFree SpeechLiving RoomPrivate PropertyProperty Rights Author:Ilana Mercer
“Ludwig von Mises referred to Ayn Rand as 'the most courageous man in America.' If that doesn't say it all about the economist's man-centric frame of reference, I don't know what does.” IfsKnowsMenDoeAmericaCourageousEconomistFrame Of ReferenceCourageous ManVon Mises Author:Ilana Mercer
“If the Bill of Rights was intended to place strict limits on federal power and protect individual and locality from the national government the 14th Amendment effectively defeated that purpose by placing the power to enforce the Bill of Rights in federal hands, where it was never intended to be.” IfsHandsGovernmentPurposeIndividualRightsProtectLimitsBillsAmendmentsDefeatedStrictBill Of RightsLocality14th Amendment Author:Ilana Mercer
