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.
AYN RANDThe purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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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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Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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