The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
AYN RANDThe government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
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Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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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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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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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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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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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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