The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
AYN RANDIf the truth shall kill them, let them die.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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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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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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Man will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem.
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?
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I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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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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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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