Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.
AYN RANDCapitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
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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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Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.
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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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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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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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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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