“Islamic terrorism is the handiwork of people who've heeded, not hijacked, Islam. Or so says [Wafa] Sultan.” PeopleIslamTerrorismIslamicIslamic TerrorismHandiwork 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
“Incarcerating people for their [drug] consumption choices has the consistency of arresting a survivor of suicide for attempted murder.” PeopleChoicesDrugMurderSuicideSurvivorConsumptionConsistencyArresting Author:Ilana Mercer
“Rights give rise to legal claims. Ultimately, the more rights animals are granted, the greater the legal lien exercised on their behalf against the liberty and property of people.” PeopleGivingAnimalLibertyGreaterRightsClaimsPropertyGrantedBehalf Author:Ilana Mercer
“The free flow of people across borders is not to be confused with the free flow of goods across borders. Free trade is a positive-sum game. Contrary to illegal immigration, it is always invited, consensual and hence mutually beneficial to the parties involved.” PeopleGamesPartyInvolvedFlowTradeContraryImmigrationBordersConfusedIllegalGoodsInvitedBeneficialFree TradeIllegal Immigration 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
“Demographics need not be destiny. The waning West became what it is not by out-breeding the undeveloped world. We were once great not because of huge numbers, but due to human capital - people of superior ideas and abilities, capable of innovation, exploration, science, philosophy.” PeopleWorldNeedsHumansIdeasPhilosophyAbilityNumbersDestinyHugeCapableInnovationWestDuesSuperiorsExplorationBreedingDemographicsHuge Numbers Author:Ilana Mercer
