“Mistaking Palestinian military weakness for moral innocence seems to further amplify the inattention of journalists to the culture of lies.” WorldMistakeMoralMilitaryWeaknessInnocencePalestinian Author:Ilana Mercer
“Incarcerating people for their [drug] consumption choices has the consistency of arresting a survivor of suicide for attempted murder.” PeopleChoicesDrugMurderSuicideSurvivorConsumptionConsistencyArresting Author:Ilana Mercer
“The strength of ideas rests on their relationship to reality. MacKinnon’s unrealistic fulminations against a phantom patriarchy exist in the arid arena of pure thought.” IdeasReality Author:Ilana Mercer
“The National Education Association is the al-Qaida of education.” AlsAssociation Author:Ilana Mercer
“Hollywood no longer offers entertainment. Instead, activism has replaced acting, and sermons have supplanted stories. Instead of a good yarn, you get a yawn.” StoriesActingOffersHollywoodEntertainmentActivismReplacedSermonsYarn Author:Ilana Mercer
“Rights give rise to legal claims. Ultimately, the more rights animals are granted, the greater the legal lien exercised on their behalf against the liberty and property of people.” PeopleGivingAnimalLibertyGreaterRightsClaimsPropertyGrantedBehalf Author:Ilana Mercer
“Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks. (NIMBYs excepted. Senator Edward Kennedy is a not-in-my-backyard environmentalist: he opposes wind farms in Nantucket Sound, offshore from his Hyannis Port compound.)” SoundWindPoliticianFolksPrivilegeFarmsSenatorsCompoundsPortBackyardsEnvironmentalistFloraOffshoreFlora And FaunaWind FarmsNantucket Author:Ilana Mercer
“Prayer simply means a longing of the heart, it is the wish felt, - it may be expressed, or not expressed. It may take the form of human language or it may never be uttered at all; still it is a prayer, if God only hears it in the secret recess of the heart.” IfsHumansHeartMayMeanStillsFormLanguageWishFeltPrayerSecretLongingRecessHuman Language Author:Keshub Chandra Sen
“My brothers and my sisters, do always persevere in true and earnest prayer, and the Lord will hear you. Believe that the highest revelations of science are conformable to the doctrine of the efficacy of prayer; that in this doctrine the highest philosophy harmonizes with the purest devotion.” BelievePhilosophyPrayerLordBrotherHighestDevotionDoctrineMy BrotherRevelationsMy SisterEarnestPersevereEfficacy Author:Keshub Chandra Sen
“Bombay is far ahead of Bengal in the matter of female education. I have visited some of the best schools in Bengal and Bombay, and I can say from my own experience that there are a larger number of girls receiving public education in Bombay than in Bengal; but while Bengal has not come up to Bombay as far as regarded extent of education, Bengal is not behind Bombay in the matter of solidarity and depth.” I CanMatterSchoolGirlMy OwnNumbersBehindsFemaleDepthCome UpReceivingSolidarityPublic EducationBombayBest SchoolFemale Education Author:Keshub Chandra Sen