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Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the cult of multiculturalism.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 13
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I lived in countries that had no democracy... so I don't find myself in the same luxury as you do. You grew up in freedom, and you can spit on freedom because you don't know what it is not to have freedom.
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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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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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It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.
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What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.
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I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.
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I wanted secular, non-Muslim people to stop kidding themselves that Islam is peace and tolerance.
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In 1985 as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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