We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
AYN RANDCapitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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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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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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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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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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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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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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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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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.
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