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Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.

Ayn Rand

What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
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Chemical Collection Delusion Man
I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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Break Up Die Live Moral
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
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Achievement Community Ending Except Murder Social Suicide Ultimate Vote
Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.
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Discriminate Opposite Same Tolerance Variant
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
Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
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Glance Glory Love Worship
She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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Loneliness Nature Sad She Women
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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Constitution Crime Man Protection
If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Die Justice Kill One Liner Truth
The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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Acceptance Choice Man Respect Responsiblity Retain Truth Wrong
Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
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Kill Man Pretense Self Respect Worst
Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.
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Act Expand Inspirational Knowledge Life Limitation Live
Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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Attempt Emotion Perceive Process Rational Reality
The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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Intend Man Master Sacrifice Slave Speak
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Difference Matter State Time Welfare
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Capital Creation Earth High Live Standard

Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.

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