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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.

Ayn Rand

An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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Character Consume Honesty Man Produce
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
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Evil Issue Justice Problem Right Wrong
Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue.
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Business Currency Deal Love Treatment Virtue
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
Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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Philosophy Sacrifice
Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Dominant Future Identify Philosophy Predict Society
Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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Capital Greedy One Liner System
Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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Existence Men Reason Rejection Responsiblity Thinking
I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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Break Up Die Live Moral
Politically, 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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Ambition Dominant Goals Philosophy Politics Reason
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 say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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Acceptance I Love You Self Love
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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Black Lives Matter Collective Racism
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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Argument Confession Intellectual Intimidate
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Capital Creation Earth High Live Standard
Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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Bitch Danger Desire Fools Insult Saint Worse Yourself

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