Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
AYN RANDIdentify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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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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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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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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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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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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