“Whatever open-border libertarians think about immigration law, once the immigration scofflaw steals, trespasses, or vandalizes private property, said alien is guilty of crimes. To say, moreover, that the state's laws made masses of men and women commit such crimes is to voice the philosophy of determinism, not individualism.” ThinkingMenMadeSaidStatesPhilosophyLawVoiceCrimeMassMen And WomenPropertyLibertarianStealingImmigrationCommitGuiltyAliensBordersIndividualismPrivate PropertyDeterminismImmigration Laws 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
“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
“Gays have become colossal bores. Once interesting and iconoclastic, all they seem to crave nowadays is the State's pension and seal of approval. They ought to go back to the days of the Stonewall Riots, when the police's violations of privacy and private property were the object of their anger and activism.” StatesSeemsInterestingObjectsOughtGayPolicePropertyActivismPrivacyApprovalBoresCraveViolationRiotSealsPrivate PropertyPensionColossal Author:Ilana Mercer
