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Distinguish we must between the right of the people the world over to be free and our obligation to free them. We have a solemn [negative] duty not t… - Ilana Mercer
" "Distinguish we must between the right of the people the world over to be free and our obligation to free them. We have a solemn [negative] duty not to violate the rights of foreigners everywhere to life, liberty and property. But we have no duty to uphold their rights. Why? Because the ostensible upholding of the negative rights of the world's citizens involves compromising the negative liberties of Americans—our lives, our liberties and our livelihoods. A just government's duty is to its own citizens first.
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Woman power Ilana Mercer is a South African-born American author, columnist, blogger and thinker. She has appeared on numerous radio, podcasts and television shows.
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Said Saint Augustine, 'The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.' The Republican Party under Bush did the devil's work. Bar the sainted Ron Paul, not a dog of a Republican lifted his leg in protest of the unjust war on Iraq. To embark on the good, the GOP must come clean about the bad.
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