Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
AYN RANDA creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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I love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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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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You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.
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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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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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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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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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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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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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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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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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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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