“We're not all the same. A common liberal refrain is that differences between individuals are statistically more significant than those between cultural, ethnic, and racial groups. I don't see why the fact of inter-individual differences would nullify inter-group variance. That's liberal logic for you.” FactsIndividualDifferencesCommonGroupsLogicSignificantRefrainVarianceIndividual Differences 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
“free market is a market in which groups and individuals are differently represented. Parity in prosperity and performance between differently able individuals and groups can be achieved only by playing socialist leveler.” AbleIndividualGroupsPerformancesProsperitySocialistFree MarketParityGroups And Individuals Author:Ilana Mercer
“In a free society, the “vision thing” is left to private individuals; civil servants are kept on a tight leash, because free people understand that a “visionary” bureaucrat is a voracious one and that the grander the government [...] the poorer and less free the people.” PeopleGovernmentIndividualLeftVisionServantVisionariesFree SocietyBureaucratsLeashesCivil Servants 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
