The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
AYN RANDIdentify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.
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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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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don’t sit looking at it – walk.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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