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 RANDThe problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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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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Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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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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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.
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People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don’t sit looking at it – walk.
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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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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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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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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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.
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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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