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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.

Ayn Rand

As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
AYN RAND

Certain Improvement Inspirational Knowledge Learning
Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
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Compromise Frustration Fulfillemnt General Lead Satisfaction Try
Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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Existence Help Jail Natural Pretend State
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Deal Force Men Nature Practical
You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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Encounter Life Repeat
To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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Acceptance I Love You Self Love
You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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Consequences Deep Ignorance Reality
I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
AYN RAND

Beauty Beyond Finding Impossible Possible Reach
The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
AYN RAND

Authority Consent Government Source
The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
AYN RAND

Acceptance Choice Man Respect Responsiblity Retain Truth Wrong
The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
AYN RAND

Absure Acceptance Future Present Slogan
Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
AYN RAND

Come Criticism Discover Emptiness Freedom Ignorance Virtue
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?
AYN RAND

Compromise Easy Hard Life Sell Soul Understand World
My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
AYN RAND

Believe Ending Goals Happiness Positive Purpose
Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life.
AYN RAND

Absolute Dust Existence Human Life Reality
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.
AYN RAND

Absolute Give Up Hard Life Shape Standard Start Struggle Value World

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