The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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More Ayn Rand Quotes
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
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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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An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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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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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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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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