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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.

Ayn Rand

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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Beginning Ending Force Gun Mind Moral Opposite
I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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Break Up Die Live Moral
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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Afraid Creation Human Nature Look People Straight Trouble Walk
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Consequences Evade Reality
The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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Acceptance Choice Man Respect Responsiblity Retain Truth Wrong
The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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Absure Acceptance Future Present Slogan
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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Argument Confession Intellectual Intimidate
Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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Danger Enemy Fight Moments Necessary Pain Thinking
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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Achievement Existence Goals Joy Moments Stumble Torture Vision
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Deal Force Men Nature Practical
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Difference Matter State Time Welfare
You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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Encounter Life Repeat
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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Black Lives Matter Collective Racism
A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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Conviction Fundamental Man Result Sex
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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Disagree Learning Man Profit Rational Reality Win Wrong
People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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Human Nature People Thinking Trouble Want

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