If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
AYN RANDIf a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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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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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
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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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When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
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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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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 one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
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