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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

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Deep Himself Man Self Respect Value
I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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Be Yourself Myself Symbol
I am done with this creed of corruption.
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Corruption Done One Liner
Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.
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Approach Evil Life Man Money Run Sentence
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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Life Live Love Man Sake Swear
Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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Abandonment Corruption Growth Politics Power
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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Die Enjoyment Live Moral Purpose Suffering Teaching Yourself
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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Ambition Dominant Goals Philosophy Politics Reason
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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Achievement Beat Creative Desire Man Motivational
She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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Loneliness Nature Sad She Women
Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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Labor Misfortune Mortgage Poverty
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Deal Force Men Nature Practical
The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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Men Seek Truth
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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Disagree Learning Man Profit Rational Reality Win Wrong
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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Claim Human Liberty Produce Treatment Wealth
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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