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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 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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Absolute Give Up Hard Life Shape Standard Start Struggle Value World
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
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Difference Matter State Time Welfare
The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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History Progress
Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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Bitch Danger Desire Fools Insult Saint Worse Yourself
An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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Creation Independence Need One Liner
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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Check Contradiction Existence Finding Wrong
I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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Be Yourself Myself Symbol
There 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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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
A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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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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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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