“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. <br class="br">2000s, 2009

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