The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
AYN RANDIf the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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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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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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An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.
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Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
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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 difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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