Michael J. Knowles Quotes

Michael J. Knowles

Profession : Author

Birth : March 18, 1990

For decades, the pro-life movement has focused on scientific evidence and ethical arguments.

Michael J. Knowles

No argument for abortion survives scientific, philosophical, or theological scrutiny.

Michael J. Knowles

Speech is not violence. The Left conflates the two in order to justify its own violent reactions to differing points of view.

Michael J. Knowles

What is the purpose of the electoral college? It has a few purposes. One, it's to restrain pure democracy. Very good, very important, that's a wonderful thing.

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Our national future does not demand we revise and malign our past.

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No social policy can ever eradicate evil or perfect human nature.

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Shrillness is not the inevitable curse of the fairer sex.

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The way to achieve a higher birthrate, which is a noble goal and I am glad conservatives are serious about addressing it, is to radically change the culture.

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Everyone suffers. Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike. It falls on both the rich and the poor too. Leftist materialists imagine suffering to be a factor of economic circumstance.

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Civil society begins with the family.

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Ronald Reagan was the best Ronald Reagan ever, and Ronald Reagan was a cool guy. You're not Ronald Reagan. You can't run as him; you can't relive his career. You can't just have somebody else's career. You have to be you.

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All of the American presidents, certainly all of the notable ones, have been pretty original.

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Wealthy parents have long relied on a properly timed donation to improve their children's chances at admission to college.

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Legacies, athletes, and favored racial minorities all receive preferential treatment from admissions committees to the exclusion of academically better-qualified students.

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American universities have never considered academic merit the sole criterion for admittance.

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The people participate in votes in their states to choose electors to elect the president, but the people don't elect the president. We are not a democracy; we are a democratic republic. We have a representation system of government.

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According to the politics of fantasy, mankind is on the verge of perfectibility, if only we give the government just a little bit more money and power.

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The Left relies upon the politics of fantasy to tempt voters.

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Criticism does not constitute violence.

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In democratic republics such as ours, citizens rely on public criticism of ideas and people to determine national policy.

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