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.
AYN RANDSelf respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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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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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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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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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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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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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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