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“Demonstrators for a government takeover of medicine have a right to discuss their demands, but no right to enact these demands.”

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Ilana Mercer

Ilana Mercer is a writer whose works span across political, social, and cultural domains. She is known for her distinctive writing style and clear viewpoints, which have won her a dedicated readership. more

“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.”

Ifs Men Humans Stills Ideas Individual Rights Achieve Effects Enlightenment Dignity Islam Western Human Rights Heavy Contrary Dialogue Temporary Individual Rights

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“Whether it is committed by a group operating within or without the law, terrorism is still terrorism.”

Stills Law Groups Committed Terrorism

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“The end result of positively reinforcing bad behavior is that you get more of it. The culmination of a failure to punish predators is a debased, dissolute, slum-dog society in which, by legal decree, the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper.”

Ends Suffering Results Dog Behavior Wicked Righteous Positively Predator Decree Slums End Results Culmination Bad Behavior

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“Progressive policies lead to a regressive society.”

Policy Progressive

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“Socialism is humanity's second nature. All politicians do is turn human vice into votes.”

Humans Humanity Turns Politician Vote Vices Socialism

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“From dwarf tossing to drug taking: The legislator has no place in voluntary exchanges between consenting adults, as dodgy and as dangerous as these might be.”

Might Dangerous Drug Adults Legislators Dwarfs Dwarves Drug Taking

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“A depraved culture supports a depraved politics and vice versa.”

Culture Support Vices Vice Versa Depraved

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“Hamas hides among unwitting civilians, who have no way of controlling its activities. This fact does not give Israel the right to kill innocent non-combatants, not even unintentionally. Besides, murder is not "unintentional" when you know it is inevitable.”

Knows Way Giving Doe Facts Activity Murder Israel Innocent Inevitable Civilians Hamas

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“Ron Paul would have demanded that entire departments be shuttered – not that the bums merely bring into balance what was stolen (taxes) with what is squandered (spending). Besides, what a balanced-budget requirement implies is that government has the constitutional right to spend as much as it takes in – that government is permitted to waste however much revenue it can extract from wealth producers.”

Government Wealth Balance Taxes Waste Spending Producers Budgets Balanced Requirements Stolen Revenue Balanced Budget

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“The great Roman statesman Cicero observed that, 'Not to know what happened before one was born is to be always a child.' In our ignorance of the values that form part of our history and heritage, we Americans have become perpetual children.”

Knows Children Form Values Born Happened Ignorance Heritage Perpetual Statesmen

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