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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.

Ayn Rand

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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Compromise Easy Hard Life Sell Soul Understand World
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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Disagree Learning Man Profit Rational Reality Win Wrong
The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Problem
The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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Authority Consent Government Source
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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Business Currency Deal Love Treatment Virtue
The basic need of the creator is independence.
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Creation Independence Need One Liner
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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Argument Confession Intellectual Intimidate
A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
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Businessman Consequences Failure Force Lost Mistake Suffering
To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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Love One Liner Virtue Woman
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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Constitution Crime Man Protection
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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Absolute Give Up Hard Life Shape Standard Start Struggle Value World
The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Characteristics Essential Individual Property Rights Social
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Consequences Evade Reality
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Capital Creation Earth High Live Standard
Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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Danger Enemy Fight Moments Necessary Pain Thinking
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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Evil Issue Justice Problem Right Wrong

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