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.
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 government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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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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Man will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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