I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
AYN RANDIntegrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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Man will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem.
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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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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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People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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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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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture.
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