The basic need of the creator is independence.
AYN RANDThe man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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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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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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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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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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