The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
AYN RANDDon’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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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 worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.
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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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