If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
AYN RANDThere are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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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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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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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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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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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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To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?
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I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.
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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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Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.
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People 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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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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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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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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