The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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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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Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
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She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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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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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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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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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 only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner!
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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