My conscience is informed by reason. It’s like Kant’s categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you.
AYAAN HIRSI ALII would rather clean than beg.
More Ayaan Hirsi Ali Quotes
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The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement. At the same time, they want to continue to defend the rights of individuals.
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People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.
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I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.
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I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.
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My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four weeks of arrival. People treated me extremely well.
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I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English.
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If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.
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Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists. Equating all Muslims with terrorism is stupid and wrong. But acknowledging that there is a link between Islam and terror is appropriate and necessary.
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What we are now doing with the victory, and I agree with you if you condemn that and I condemn whole-heartedly the trivial bullshit it is to go after a man who makes a scientific breakthrough and all that we as women — organized women — do is to fret about his shirt?
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Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport – every single time, something could happen. That’s how terrorism works.
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There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance.
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Women covering their heads is traditional, but now we’re seeing more and more women covering themselves from head to toe. This is said to be for religious reasons but it’s actually the conflation of religion and politics – every political movement has its slogans, flags and dress.
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No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that’s what the West is all about.
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We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.
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It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.
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