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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.

Ayn Rand

I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
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Beauty Beyond Finding Impossible Possible Reach
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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Crack Crime Government Power
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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Absolute Dust Existence Human Life Reality
My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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Believe Ending Goals Happiness Positive Purpose
If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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Action Confidence Declutter Honesty Inspirational
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
The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Characteristics Essential Individual Property Rights Social
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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Evil Issue Justice Problem Right Wrong
Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
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Glance Glory Love Worship
Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
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Compromise Frustration Fulfillemnt General Lead Satisfaction Try
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
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
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Deep Himself Man Self Respect Value
You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.
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Achievement Character Love People Value Virtue
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
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

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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