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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.

Ayn Rand

She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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Confess Happiness Naked Pain She Witness
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 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
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
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Alone Automatic Conquer Count Deny Leaving Reason
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
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
Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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Capital Greedy One Liner System
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 only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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Crack Crime Government Power
An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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Character Consume Honesty Man Produce
Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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Danger Enemy Fight Moments Necessary Pain Thinking
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 problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Problem
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Consequences Evade Reality
Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner!
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Always Corner Patience Reward Romance Round
Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue.
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Business Currency Deal Love Treatment Virtue

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