The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
AYN RANDThe Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
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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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When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
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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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What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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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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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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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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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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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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Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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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 could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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