The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
AYN RANDPolitically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.
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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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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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You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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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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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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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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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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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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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life.
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It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
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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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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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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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