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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

Ayn Rand

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
Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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Check Contradiction Existence Finding Wrong
The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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Intend Man Master Sacrifice Slave Speak
A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
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Achievement Culture Indifference Individual Intellectual Mass Men Product
If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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Action Confidence Declutter Honesty Inspirational
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
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Alone Automatic Conquer Count Deny Leaving Reason
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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Beginning Ending Force Gun Mind Moral Opposite
The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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Absure Acceptance Future Present Slogan
Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.
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Civil Institution Production Survival System Violence War
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Deal Force Men Nature Practical
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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Black Lives Matter Collective Racism
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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Kill Man Pretense Self Respect Worst
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
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Decision Evidence Ignorance
The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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Men Seek Truth
The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Problem
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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Action Cause Citizen Government Private

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