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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.

Ayn Rand

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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Act Assume Devotion Hero Man Moral Noble Responsiblity Thinking Truth
If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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Control Freedom Government Society
The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?
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Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue.
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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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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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Inspirational Knowledge Learning Scare
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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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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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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Let 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.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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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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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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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.

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