If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
AYN RANDWe can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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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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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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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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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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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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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?
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Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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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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Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
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