The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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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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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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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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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A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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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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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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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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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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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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