Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
AYN RANDA 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.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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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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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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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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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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