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 RANDThere 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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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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When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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I love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
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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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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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A 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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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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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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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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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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