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

Ayn Rand

I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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Life Live Love Man Sake Swear
If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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Control Freedom Government Society
If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Die Justice Kill One Liner Truth
The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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Authority Consent Government Source
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Deep Himself Man Self Respect Value
You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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Consequences Deep Ignorance Reality
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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Inspirational One Liner Work Hard Worth
A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
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Businessman Consequences Failure Force Lost Mistake Suffering
Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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Exceptional Man Mind One Liner Survival
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Consequences Evade Reality
She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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Confess Happiness Naked Pain She Witness
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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Compromise Frustration Fulfillemnt General Lead Satisfaction Try
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
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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Beginning Ending Force Gun Mind Moral Opposite
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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Crack Crime Government Power
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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Claim Defend Earth Individual Politics Rights

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