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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

To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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Love One Liner Virtue Woman
People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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Human Nature People Thinking Trouble Want
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
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Decision Evidence Ignorance
Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
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Character Earn Honor Man Men Money Obtain Respect
Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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Give Up Life Motivational Struggle Want Worth
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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Crack Crime Government Power
A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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Against Danger Force Government Legal Man Physical Rights Victim
Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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Claim Human Liberty Produce Treatment Wealth
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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Argument Confession Intellectual Intimidate
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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Absolute Give Up Hard Life Shape Standard Start Struggle Value World
You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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Encounter Life Repeat
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Difference Matter State Time Welfare
Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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Check Contradiction Existence Finding Wrong
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 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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Achievement Character Love People Value Virtue
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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Achievement Existence Goals Joy Moments Stumble Torture Vision

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