Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
AYN RANDThe man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don’t sit looking at it – walk.
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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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The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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