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.
AYN RANDDevotion 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.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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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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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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Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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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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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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The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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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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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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