Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
AYN RANDThe government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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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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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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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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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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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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What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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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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The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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