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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.

Ayn Rand

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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Achievement Existence Goals Joy Moments Stumble Torture Vision
The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Characteristics Essential Individual Property Rights Social
To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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Love One Liner Virtue Woman
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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Crack Crime Government Power
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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Kill Man Pretense Self Respect Worst
An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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Character Consume Honesty Man Produce
An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
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Blame Break Circumstance Expectation Forgiveness People Person Promise Responsiblity Vague
When 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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Disagree Learning Man Profit Rational Reality Win Wrong
Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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Labor Misfortune Mortgage Poverty
The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Problem
You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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Encounter Life Repeat
A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
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Businessman Consequences Failure Force Lost Mistake Suffering
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Capital Creation Earth High Live Standard
Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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Abandonment Corruption Growth Politics Power
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Consequences Evade Reality
Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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Existence Help Jail Natural Pretend State

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