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.
AYN RANDDo not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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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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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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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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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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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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