Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
AYN RANDDon’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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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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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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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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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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I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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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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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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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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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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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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