Ilana Mercer: Trending quotes (page 10)

“The president's linguistic infelicities—a word salad, at times—have given the press popinjays and their Washington overlords the foothold needed to go after the president. Throw in the 'bad' habits of a businessman he has retained. Trump transacts with everyone—Russians too. We voted for deals, not wars. This is the sum and substance of President Trump's offenses. That, and beating Hillary Clinton to the White House.”

Ilana Mercer

"Trump Fends Off 'Showboat' Comey And The Federal Zombies," http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/06/trump_fends_off_showboat_comey_and_the_federal_zombies.html The American Thinker, June 9, 2017.
2010s, 2017

War , Time , Housing

“Breaking into a country signals quite reliably a willingness to break yet more of the invaded country’s laws.”

Ilana Mercer

“Joe Horn: Wanted Man…And a Hero,” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=237 WorldNetDaily.com, July 4, 2008.
2000s, 2008

Law , Country

“Opposing the policies of the American state is not synonymous with opposing 'America.' It is possible to disavow every single action taken by the U. S. government and still love the 'little platoons' of America, as Edmund Burke described a man's social mainstay—his family, friends, coreligionists, coworkers. By logical extension, it is dishonest to malign those who assign the 'bad' category to the state, on the ground that they hate 'America.”

Ilana Mercer

– ein gutes Land, ein schlechtes Land?” http://jungefreiheit.de/kolumne/2014/amerika-ein-gutes-land-ein-schlechtes-land,“Amerika Junge Freiheit (in German), October 2, 2014.
2010s, 2014

Love , Hate , Family

“Life with Islam is life under Islam and its enablers.”

Ilana Mercer

"Life With Islam and Its Enablers." http://www.unz.com/imercer/life-with-islam-and-its-enablers/ The Unz Review, April 4, 2017
2010s, 2017

Life

“The concept of a Favorite Book is childish, if you’re a lifelong reader. Lots of books of political theory, philosophy and economics have indelibly influenced my thinking.”

Ilana Mercer

2010s, 2016

Books , Thinking

“The object of creating bogus categories of crime is to leverage power over adversaries; to scare them.”

Ilana Mercer

" Flynn's Sin Was Lying To Liars, Not Colluding With Russians https://storia.me/en/@ilanamercer/flynn-s-sin-was-46gipt," Storia.com, December 6, 2017
2010s, 2017

“[Ron] Paul’s vision is as close to The Good Life as we could hope to come in the current ideological climate. Only tinny ideologues encased in worthless ideological armor – worthless because it exists in the arid arena of their minds, not on earth – would turn their noses up at the prospect of Paul.”

Ilana Mercer

"High Priests of Pomposity Pan Ron Paul," http://www.wnd.com/2008/01/45602 WorldNetDaily.com, January 18, 2008.
2000s, 2008

Life , Hope

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

Ilana Mercer

“Famously Rear-Ended Reality Stars,” http://barelyablog.com/?p=45750 Barely a Blog, December 17, 2011.
2010s, 2011

Support

“"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."”

Ilana Mercer

“B. Hussein in History Wonderland,” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=511 WorldNetDaily.com and Taki’s Magazine, August 21, 2009.
2000s, 2009

Idea

“How exactly did the president normalize neoconservatism? In 2016, liberals accused candidate Trump of isolationism. Neoconservatives—aka Conservatism Inc.—did the same. Having consistently complained of his isolationism, the Left and the phony Right cannot but sanction President Trump's interventionism. To some, the normalizing of neoconservatism by a president who ran against it is a stroke of genius; of a piece with Bill Clinton's triangulation tactics. To others, it's a cynical sleight of hand.”

Ilana Mercer

" How President Trump Normalized Neoconservatism http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/how-trump-normalized-neoconservatism/," WND.com, January 4, 2018.
2010s, 2018

“[M]embers of the media-monetary-military-congressional complex are immoral and have an allergy to the truth.”

Ilana Mercer

"What if the Media Were Moral" http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/what-if-the-media-were-moral WorldNetDaily.com, October 17, 2013.
2010s, 2013

Truth

“If for harming himself a man forfeits his freedom, then he was never free in the first place.”

Ilana Mercer

“Addicted to that Rush,” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=488 WorldNetDaily.com, March 6, 2009.
2000s, 2009

Freedom

“Anti-discrimination law is inconsistent with freedom of association and the right of private property.”

Ilana Mercer

“The right to discriminate is the essence of liberty,” https://jungefreiheit.de/kolumne/2015/das-recht-auf-diskriminierung-ist-die-essenz-der-freiheit/ Junge Freiheit, April 9, 2015.
2010s, 2015

Law , Freedom

“The military is government. The military works like government; is financed like government, and sports many of the same inherent malignancies of government, chief of which is its liberalism. Like the government, the military is freighted with pathological political correctness.”

Ilana Mercer

“Assange is Us,” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=578 WorldNetDaily.com, December 10, 2010.
2010s, 2010

Sport

“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.”

Ilana Mercer

“We Are the World,” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=147 WorldNetDaily.com, March 31, 2006.
2000s, 2006

People , Game

“The idea of the American 'creedal nation,' which is supposed to unite us all in 'a common commitment to a set of ideas and ideals,' is abstract and inorganic. This creed comes from above, not from below. It's a state religion reflexively developed to bring about compliance.”

Ilana Mercer

"What Rep. Steve King's Racist' Statements Teach" http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/20/what-rep-steve-kings-racist-statements-teach/ The Daily Caller, March 20, 2017
2010s, 2017

Religion , Idea

“You'll get your free IUDs and morning-after-pills, if not from your employer or the insurers — then from the increasingly desperate taxpayer (who, by now, might even consider paying for a spaying, too).”

Ilana Mercer

“Free Spaying for Stalinists,” http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/free-spaying-for-stalinists WorldNetDaily.com, July 3, 2014.
2010s, 2014

“Hidden or in plain sight, The State is geared toward increasing or maintaining its sphere of influence, never reducing it. Voters are paid lip service, provided their wishes coincide with the aims of this unelected, entrenched apparatus. But when the popular will defies Deep State, that monster breathes fire.”

Ilana Mercer

"Elon Musk, Et al.: The Corporate Arm Of The Deep State," https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2017/06/03/elon-musk-et-al-the-corporate-arm-of-the-deepstate-n2335618 Townhall.com, June 3, 2017
2010s, 2017

“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.”

Ilana Mercer

“In Defense of Jacko’s Doctor,” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=626 WorldNetDaily.com, November 11, 2011.
2010s, 2011

“Whatever open-border libertarians think about immigration law, once the immigration scofflaw steals, trespasses, or vandalizes private property, said alien is guilty of crimes. To say, moreover, that the state’s laws made masses of men and women commit such crimes is to voice the philosophy of determinism, not individualism.”

Ilana Mercer

“That Spot of Bother on the Border,” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=90 WorldNetDaily.com, May 4, 2007.
2000s, 2007

Women , Men , Law , Thinking