She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
AYN RANDA 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 problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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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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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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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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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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