What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
AYN RANDLet me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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I love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
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She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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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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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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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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The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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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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Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
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Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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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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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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