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Last updated on November 22, 2024.
In little more than a generation, feminism has obliterated roles. If you wonder why so many men choose not to get married, the answer lies in large part in the contemporary devaluation of the husband and of the father - of men as men, in other words.
Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and homemaking.
There is a very good thing about hating evil. If you hate evil, that's all you will hate — © Dennis Prager
There is a very good thing about hating evil. If you hate evil, that's all you will hate
In attempting to understand 9/11, the first question asked by the world's elites - as exemplified by leading media and academics - was, 'What did America do to provoke such hatred?' Ten years later, the same people are still asking the same question. And it is as morally repulsive now as it was then. It was always on par with 'What did the Jews do to antagonize the Germans? Or 'What did blacks do to enrage lynch mobs?'
When women criticize men it's called feminism. When men criticize women it's called misogyny
Political correctness is the the inability to state certain truths because they may offend certain people
I don't judge people by their theology, I judge them by their behavior
When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate
Without God and religion you don't have moral truth, you have moral opinion
America derives its laws from its Constitution. It derives its values from the Bible. We don't get inalienable rights from the Constitution; we get them from God.
We are undermining a generation's happiness by depriving them of national identity, religious identity, and gender identity
Leftism hides under an intellectual veneer, but underneath it is all emotion
The more we complain, the more unhappy we get — © Dennis Prager
The more we complain, the more unhappy we get
Until the Left took over American public education in the second half of the 20th century, it was generally excellent - look at the high level of eighth-grade exams from early in the 20th century and you will weep. The more money the Left has gotten for education - America now spends more per student than any country in the world - the worse the academic results. And the Left has removed God and dress codes from schools - with socially disastrous results.
If you inflict your unhappiness onto others, it is sinful
To call yourself a socialist in 2015 is to be an idiot. Socialism fails. Everywhere.
Only a fool can believe people are basically good
Secularism breeds narcissism. There is nothing higher to live for, so you live for you
Whenever possible, the left and the Democrats have de-stigmatized irresponsible behavior.
I prefer clarity over agreement
Men feel more bereft without a woman than women will feel bereft without a man
Prayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something
Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.
The vast majority of those who are famous are not significant and the vast majority of those who are significant are not famous.
Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing
Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil
Nothing enables people to do evil as much as does a sense of victimhood
Taking responsibility for your own life is not a Left wing idea
All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.
The bigger the government, the greater the corruption
That's a phenomenon of the Left: You don't fight evil. You fight carbon emissions
Lying to the Left is like water to fish
Those who don't hate evil hate those who do
I can't think of a greater single vehicle to goodness and a better world than if everyone battled their own natures
Good and happy people who believe in God are the greatest living arguments for God's existence
A bad mood is like bad breath. Both are wrong to inflict onto others
America became a great civilization thanks to a culture based on the value of having to earn almost everything an American got in life. As it abandons this value, it will become a mediocre civilization. And eventually it will not be America. It will be a large Sweden, and just as influential as the smaller one.
I just don't understand why the idea of the universe creating itself is a rational one — © Dennis Prager
I just don't understand why the idea of the universe creating itself is a rational one
The further left you go, the meaner the spirit
It is no longer higher education, it is higher 'indoctrination '
What generations created, the Left destroys. There are few productive and noble institutions in America that the Left has not hurt or attempted to hurt. But while the Left destroys a great deal, it constructs almost nothing (outside of government agencies, laws, and lawsuits).
If you ask what's best for the country, vote Republican. If you ask how will you get more money from the government, vote Democrat
Happiness is impossible without gratitude.
Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages
Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.
Most activists on the Left believe that they, not only their values, are morally superior to their adversaries. Therefore, coercing people to adhere to 'progressive' values is morally acceptable, even demanded.
The biggest battle in life is with yourself
There’s more time spent on teaching kids about recycling than on character development in the American schools. — © Dennis Prager
There’s more time spent on teaching kids about recycling than on character development in the American schools.
Complexity and profundity have been equated by the academic culture just as fame and significance have been conflated by the popular culture. Fame and significance have nothing to do with one another; and complexity and profundity have nothing to do with one another.
Those who do not confront evil resent those who do.
First tell the truth, then give your opinion.
The more that you expect, the less happy you will be-- because if the expectations are realized you won't be grateful
Self-control is the only possible road to character development
By definition, the moment one crosses from center to left, one accepts more government control of people's lives. Therefore, the further left society moves, the more there is government control over its citizens' lives. It is astonishing that this obvious fact is not universally acknowledged and that the Left has somehow successfully portrayed itself as preoccupied with personal liberty.
You know what I ask Jewish liberals? 'Why don't you preach what you practice?'
If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.
We conservatives fight evil; the Left fights carbon emissions
"I am bored" generally means "I am boring."
Tell me of a right wing-induced hysteria of the last 50 years
If you want to know what you look like, look into a mirror. If you want to know how you think, you should write
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