The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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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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I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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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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Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.
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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
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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 man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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