Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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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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I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
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It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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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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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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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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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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