The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
AYN RANDIf a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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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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People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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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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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
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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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The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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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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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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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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