Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
AYN RANDWhoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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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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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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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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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
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