Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
AYN RANDDon’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner!
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An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
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Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
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