Wendy McElroy Quotes

• The problem is not that public schools do not work well, but rather that they do. The first goal and primary function of schools is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we normally label state indoctrination.

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  School   People   Goal  

  Wendy McElroy (1982). “Demystifying the State”

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• Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence. They are screaming in the politician's ear: 'You do not represent me. This is not a process in which my voice matters. I do not believe you.'

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  Believe   Voice   Voting  

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• A coerced "choice" does not reflect virtue, only compliance.

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  Choices   Doe   Virtue  

  "There Ought Not to Be a Law" by Wendy McElroy, www.foxnews.com. January 28, 2003.

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• The Great Truth is that women in our society constitute one of the most privileged and powerful classes of human beings on earth. The challenge is to make women believe in their power. "Woman as victim" is an idea whose time has passed. The idea of woman as a survivor and a success must take its place.

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  Powerful   Believe   Class  

  "The Great Lie" by Wendy McElroy, www.foxnews.com. April 21, 2003.

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• It is not the particular man in power that I oppose, but the power itself, which is unjust.

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  Men   Unjust   Particular  

  "Who's Getting Your Vote?". reason.com. November 1, 2004.

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• Political correctness will die as it lived - kicking and screaming ad hominem abuse as a substitute for arguments.

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  Political   Abuse   Kicking  

  "Time to Speak Out" by Wendy McElroy, www.foxnews.com. May 28, 2002.

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• We can see after 200+ years that the American model failed. It is not limited. It is totalitarian. And getting worse.

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  Years   Models  

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• As the United Nations pushes for jurisdiction over the globe, it is important to remember how it has acted in Bosnia. The character of an institution, no less than of an individual, is revealed through actions, not words.

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  Character   Important   Bosnia  

  "Is the U.N. Running Brothels in Bosnia?" by Wendy McElroy, www.foxnews.com. January 22, 2002.

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• Freedom means self-fulfillment. It also means putting up with other people's irritating pursuit of the same. It means being confronted by disturbing images and ideas.

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  Freedom   Mean   Self  

  "XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography". Chapter 4, www.wendymcelroy.com. 1995.

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