Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
AYN RANDWe can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
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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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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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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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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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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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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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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.
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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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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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