Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
AYN RANDWhen I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.
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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.
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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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