If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.
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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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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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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 purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
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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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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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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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