Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
AYN RANDI started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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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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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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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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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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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
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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 Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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