Don’t Burn This Book Quotes

“Poverty in black families headed by single women is thirty-seven percent. The undeniable truth is that neither slavery nor Jim Crow nor the harshest racism has decimated the black family the way the welfare state has. The black family structure is not the only retrogression suffered by blacks in the age of racial enlightenment.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“As Walter E. Williams, a professor of economics from George Mason University, has previously said, the biggest problem among blacks is actually the weak family structure—not white people daring to procreate.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“It was January 2016 and came during an interview with conservative radio host Larry Elder, who was making his first appearance on The Rubin Report.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“truly believe it’s the far-left puritans who are the greatest threat to our free, pluralistic democracy. The left’s obsession with identity politics is the reverse of the melting-pot principle that America was founded upon: a place where everyone, regardless of race, religion, and color, is welcome as long as they blend into the fabric of our (free) society. The left’s obsession with judging us on immutable characteristics is what will eventually reach a tipping point and turn neighbor against neighbor, dividing America . . . and beyond.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“The lie behind the buzzword of ‘diversity’ could not be made more clear: if you don’t conform, then you don’t count as ‘diverse,’ no matter what your personal background.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“Omar, a Somali immigrant, may be smart enough to be on the House Foreign Relations Committee, but she’s apparently too dumb to use the English language properly. In other words: when it’s convenient she’s black, female, and Muslim—all things that score big in the Oppression Olympics—yet, when the mask slips and her ideas require scrutiny, she’s immediately protected via the victimhood status that comes with those labels. It’s quite a brilliant strategy, actually. Play the victim card to attain power, then, once you have it, use it to shield yourself from legitimate criticism. This cognitive dissonance stems from one key truth about modern leftism: progressives see racism, sexism, and discrimination everywhere, except where it actually exists.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“you’re a sane person, progressives would need to consider your views like reasonable adults. But because they don’t want to question their narrow, dogmatic worldview, they categorize you as extreme. This enables them to completely dismiss you without feeling bad.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“So let me present the classically liberal perspective on this issue . . . Every human being should be free to modify their body however they see fit, but only when they’re an adult. Relax! This isn’t reverse ageism or far-right transphobia. It’s consistent with how we treat all minors who are considered intellectually incapable of reasoned logic. It’s why we don’t allow kids to get tattoos, buy a firearm, and drink alcohol or smoke until they’re a grown-up (and, if you do, then you should expect a visit from Child Protective Services). The idea behind this isn’t random. It’s because a young person’s frontal lobe—the brain’s control panel, which manages problem-solving, judgment, and emotion—takes years to fully develop. The general consensus is that the brain’s development is largely finished by eighteen years old and fully complete seven years later. Until the former, they must defer to us, the adults who know better.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“This is nationalism, loyalty and devotion to one’s country, in the true sense and embodies many fundamental tenets of classical liberalism. “It’s a principled standpoint that sees the world governed best when it consists of many independent nations, which have their own laws, traditions, language, and religious customs which aren’t forced to live a certain way by other nations,” said Yoram Hazony, author of The Virtue of Nationalism, during his Rubin Report appearance in 2018. And he’s absolutely correct.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“The less people seem to know about something, the more they pontificate on it.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“Sure, virtually everything they reported about regarding Mueller’s #Russiagate and Smollett’s #HateHoax turned out to be false, but apparently that’s just reporters doing their job.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“literally designed to keep us trapped in a constant state of conflict, suspense, and panic: social technology.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“Behind every screen on your phone, there are literally a thousand engineers that have worked on this thing to try to make it maximally addicting,”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“Laugh at both the state of the world and at ourselves. In doing so, it allows us to acknowledge our flaws while also transcending them.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“Many heartfelt letters were from conservatives, who said they’d never seen a New York “liberal” discuss their views without belittling and demeaning them, and disaffected liberals also praised my willingness to defend free speech against the barrage of crazy hostility from their own side. The”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“This knowledge is power and you should be empowered, especially when it comes to politicians who will say anything to get your vote.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“it’s really in the business of keeping our eyes on the TV or our fingers clicking.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“exactly why the media is so distrusted: An activist writes an arguably libelous article. Then one of the subjects of the article invites the author to discuss said article. The author then declines and is lauded by his own community as a righteous defender of truth.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“Although the media has historically always been left-leaning, we’ve abandoned our pretense—or at least the effort—to be objective today. We’ve become political activists, and some could argue propagandists.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“Newsrooms are now filled with progressive activists who bend the truth, as opposed to old-school professionals who feel a duty to both themselves and their audience.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“the media truly is a cabal of hyperpartisan, habitual liars who are destroying an entire industry from within.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“I’d need to praise each of the columnists at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Guardian, who’ve worked tirelessly to avoid facts that might contradict their narratives.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“it cost the nation billions per year for government-funded shelters, dental care, and cost-of-living allowances (which frequently exceeded the minimum wages in neighboring”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“ISHOULD PROBABLY thank the mainstream media. If it weren’t for their abject failure to do their jobs, you’d have no idea who I was.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“the left invents problems to fill the void.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“From Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence to Abraham Lincoln’s ending of slavery, it’s pasty white dudes who’ve enshrined your ability to hate them.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“the left is now characterized by a weird form of self-flagellation.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“For her, it’s profoundly absurd that people—specifically, fellow Americans . . . many of them educated, middle-class millennials who’ve never experienced anything like real hardship—can hate a country that frequently does so much good, both domestically and internationally.”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“In fact, they’re total hypocrites when it comes to opposing American exceptionalism (or whatever you want to call the belief that living here is the ultimate privilege).”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason

“losing a debate isn’t a sign of stupidity or weakness, but a sign of growth if you’re willing to embrace it with humility. I”
― Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason