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Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.

Ayn Rand

The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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Constitution Crime Man Protection
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
You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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Encounter Life Repeat
Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
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Character Earn Honor Man Men Money Obtain Respect
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Consequences Evade Reality
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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Believe Ending Goals Happiness Positive Purpose
The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Problem
I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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Be Yourself Myself Symbol
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
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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Argument Confession Intellectual Intimidate
Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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Exceptional Man Mind One Liner Survival
The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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Authority Consent Government Source
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
The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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History Progress
If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Die Justice Kill One Liner Truth
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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Die Enjoyment Live Moral Purpose Suffering Teaching Yourself

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