The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
AYN RANDThere are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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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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Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life.
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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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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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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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I love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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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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I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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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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A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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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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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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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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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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