I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
AYN RANDDevotion 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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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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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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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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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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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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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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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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I 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.
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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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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The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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