The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
AYN RANDThe purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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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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It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
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Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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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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Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.
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What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
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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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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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