Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
AYN RANDShe did not know the nature of her loneliness.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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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 essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
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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 is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.
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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don’t sit looking at it – walk.
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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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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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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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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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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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