“Inviting an invasion by foreigners and instigating one against them are two sides of the same neoconservative coin.” Quote by 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
“By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words, they pay taxes out of money confiscated from taxpayers, who, in turn, pay taxes twice: on their own income and on the income of members of the bureaucracy. At the very least, this should disqualify state workers from voting.” IfsShouldStatesGovernmentTurnsPayHonestTaxesMembersStandardsPaidWorkersIncomeVotingBureaucracyTaxpayersAccountingUnorthodoxGovernment Workers Author:Ilana Mercer
“Government commissions are where accountability goes to die.” GovernmentDiesAccountability 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
“Government jobs are not an addition to the country's payroll; they are an increase in the nation's payload.” CountryGovernmentJobsNationsIncreasePayrollGovernment Jobs Author:Ilana Mercer