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.
AYN RANDWhoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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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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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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A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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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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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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