Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
AYN RANDThe government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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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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I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
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I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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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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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
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Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
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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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She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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