“A silly society is a youth-obsessed society: To the Chinese, who appreciate the value of experience, the greater the ratio in a team of grey 'hairs and no-hairs' to 'black hairs' the faster and better a task will be completed. The opposite assumption obtains in the youth-obsessed U.S.” ValuesBlackGreaterTeamYouthHairAppreciateTasksOppositesSillyChineseFasterObsessedAssumptionGreyRatiosBlack HairGrey Hair Author:Ilana Mercer
“A brave nation fights only because it must; a cowardly nation fights because it can.” FightingNationsBraveCowardly Author:Ilana Mercer
“Inviting an invasion by foreigners and instigating one against them are two sides of the same neoconservative coin.” TwoSidesCoinsInvasionForeignersTwo SidesInviting Author:Ilana Mercer
“Liberals retain a totemic attachment to the Freudian idea that traumatic toilet training is destiny.” IdeasDestinyTrainingAttachmentToilets 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
“Antitrust laws ought to be deployed, not against business, but to bust this two-party monopoly, which subverts competition in government and rewards the colluding quislings with sinecures in perpetuity.” TwoGovernmentLawPartyOughtCompetitionRewardsMonopolyAntitrustAntitrust Laws Author:Ilana Mercer
“Jefferson never entertained the folly that he was of immigrant stock. He considered the English settlers of America courageous conquerors, much like his Saxon forebears, to whom he compared them. To Jefferson, early Americans were the contemporary carriers of the Anglo-Saxon project.” AmericaProjectsContemporaryFollyImmigrantsCourageousConquerorCarrierSettlersAnglo Saxon Author:Ilana Mercer
“Breaking into a country signals quite reliably a willingness to break yet more of the invaded country's laws.” CountryLawBreakWillingnessSignals Author:Ilana Mercer