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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Capital Creation Earth High Live Standard
To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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Love One Liner Virtue Woman
You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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Encounter Life Repeat
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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Absolute Give Up Hard Life Shape Standard Start Struggle Value World
I am done with this creed of corruption.
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Corruption Done One Liner
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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Attraction Experience Himself Man Permit Self Esteem Sex Surrender Vision Woman
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Deep Himself Man Self Respect Value
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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Disagree Learning Man Profit Rational Reality Win Wrong
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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Compromise Easy Hard Life Sell Soul Understand World
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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Businessman Consequences Failure Force Lost Mistake Suffering
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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Effort Gang Individual Institution Product Society Speak Strict Togetherness Violence
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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Life Live Love Man Sake Swear
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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Argument Confession Intellectual Intimidate
What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
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Chemical Collection Delusion Man
Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
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Glance Glory Love Worship
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
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Alone Automatic Conquer Count Deny Leaving Reason

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