The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
AYN RANDPeople 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.
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Devotion 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.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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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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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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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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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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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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