“The proposition that economist Ludwig von Mises was a feminist is an apodictic impossibility.” Quote by Ilana Mercer
“Whether arrived at through reason or revelation, natural law is the highest law known to man. It is anchored in the very existential nature of man and is therefore a priori just.” MenReasonLawNaturalKnownHighestRevelationsExistentialNatural LawNature Of Man Author:Ilana Mercer
“Round and round will Americans be compelled to ride on a mindless, manufactured, racial carousel... for without it, the edifice of an industry built upon grievance and excuse-making is destined to collapse.” IndustryBuiltRoundsExcuseCollapseDestinedCompelledGrievanceMindlessEdificeCarousels Author:Ilana Mercer
“In a free society, the “vision thing” is left to private individuals; civil servants are kept on a tight leash, because free people understand that a “visionary” bureaucrat is a voracious one and that the grander the government [...] the poorer and less free the people.” PeopleGovernmentIndividualLeftVisionServantVisionariesFree SocietyBureaucratsLeashesCivil Servants Author:Ilana Mercer
“Gays have become colossal bores. Once interesting and iconoclastic, all they seem to crave nowadays is the State's pension and seal of approval. They ought to go back to the days of the Stonewall Riots, when the police's violations of privacy and private property were the object of their anger and activism.” StatesSeemsInterestingObjectsOughtGayPolicePropertyActivismPrivacyApprovalBoresCraveViolationRiotSealsPrivate PropertyPensionColossal Author:Ilana Mercer
“The much-maligned price system works not only to secure supply but to conserve. [...] Profits and prices are the street signs of the economy. Only fools flout them.” EconomyStreetsFoolProfitSecure Author:Ilana Mercer
“One’s life, liberty and the products of one’s labor were not intended to be up for grabs by grubby, greedy majorities. Contra classical natural law theory, legal positivism equates justice with the law of the state. However, from the fact that most Americans want others to fund or subsidize their health care, it does not follow that they have such a right. A need is not a right.” MenWantNeedsDoeFactsLibertyProductsLaborMajorityFundHealthcareGreedy Author:Ilana Mercer
“American media seem to color events by refracting them through a sickeningly sentimental prism. Their efforts to create reality on the ground — instead of reporting on it — notwithstanding, here's what we know about the inchoate Egyptian uprising: the movement's members hated their ruler and did what was necessary to be rid of him.” RealitySeemsEffortMediaEventsColorSentimentalPrismsAmerican Media Author:Ilana Mercer
“The Little Guy, behind whom politicians strategically coalesce — thumping majorities prevail in a democracy — cannot abide by a reality in which greater wealth affords greater "access."” DemocracyMajority Author:Ilana Mercer
“Certain bedrock principles - arguably a true conservative mindset - dictate a respect for life. A life-conserving sensibility means that guns are meant for self-defense, not for needless killing. [...] This gun owner is no gun nut; but a right-to-self-defense fanatic.” MeanSelfCertainPrinciplesGunKillingConservativeMindsetDefenseOwnersNutsSensibilityFanaticsSelf DefenseBedrockGun OwnersConserving Author:Ilana Mercer