“The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule.” LibertyRightsSubjectsMajorityPropertyMeant To BeMajority RuleWere Not Meant To BeRights To Life 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
“Any opinion writer worth his salt would have rejected the quaint notion that certain eternally aggrieved identity groups have exclusive linguistic rights to words in the English language.” CertainLanguageOpinionRightsGroupsIdentityNotionSaltRejectedExclusiveEnglish LanguageQuaint 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
“Demonstrators for a government takeover of medicine have a right to discuss their demands, but no right to enact these demands.” GovernmentActionFatherRightsEconomicDemandClaimsMedicineGoodsFoundingOur Founding FathersTakeoversGovernment Takeover 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
“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
“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
