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"A right that can't be defended is a right in name only. If you cannot by law defend your life, you have no right to life. If you cannot defend your property, you have no right of private property. And if you cannot defend your liberty, you are not a free man. It follows that inherent in the idea of an inalienable right is the right to mount a vigorous defense of the same rights."

— Ilana Mercer

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"The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule."

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

"Socialism is humanity's second nature. All politicians do is turn human vice into votes."

"In the bureaucracy, incentives will forever be inverted. Failure results in success: in more funds, more training, more time off."

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

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