“It's a peculiar thing about liberals. When it comes to middle-class people who are fully capable of caring for themselves, liberals seek to undermine their independence in every way possible. With seductive 'entitlements' like guaranteed retirement, health care, nutrition, education, and jobs, liberals attempt to lure the middle class into dependence on the state. But when it comes to those who are truly incompetent, those whose mental afflictions render them unable to manage their lives at all, liberals are suddenly transformed into absolutists for personal autonomy.” PeopleWayStatesCareJobsClassMiddleCapableIndependenceCaringManageHealth CareMiddle ClassRetirementPeculiarTransformedNutritionDependenceAfflictionAutonomyEntitlementSeductiveIncompetentLure Author:Mona Charen
“Time and time again throughout the latter part of the Cold War, liberals chose a morally perverse pose. They would seek to find any suspect motive or impure act on the part of the United States rather than confront the staggering scale of destruction and misery being wrought by our adversaries.” WarStatesUnitedUnited StatesColdDestructionMiseryScalesMotiveLatterSuspectsCold WarAdversariesStaggering Book:Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First Source: Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First
“[T]he sprawl of government into every conceivable realm of life has caused the withering of traditional institutions. Fathers become unnecessary if the government provides Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Church charities lose their mission when the government provides food, shelter and income to the poor. And the non-poor no longer feel pressed to provide aid to those in need, be they aged parents or their unfortunate neighbors-"compassion" having become the province of the state.” IfsNeedsFeelsChildrenStatesGovernmentFatherParentLosesChurchPoorCompassionInstitutionsCharityMissionsAidsNeighborIncomeTraditionalRealmsDependentShelterUnfortunateUnnecessaryProvincesWitheringThose In Need Author:Mona Charen
“The notion that the UN is some sort of dispassionate body that, “does right” and just pursues everybody’s best interests is a fantasy. Each individual nation will be pursuing their best interests. That’s the normal behavior of nation-states. It shouldn’t surprise us, but neither should we go to them for permission to do what’s in our national interests.” ShouldDoeStatesBodyPoliticsIndividualNationsInterestFantasyBehaviorNormalSurpriseNotionPursuePermissionNational InterestsDispassionate Author:Mona Charen
