The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
AYN RANDIf one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
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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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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.
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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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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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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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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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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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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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