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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.

Ayn Rand

The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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Authority Consent Government Source
Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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Angry Honesty Man One Liner Truth
The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Characteristics Essential Individual Property Rights Social
She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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Confess Happiness Naked Pain She Witness
Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
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Character Earn Honor Man Men Money Obtain Respect
I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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Break Up Die Live Moral
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Deal Force Men Nature Practical
Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.
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Discriminate Opposite Same Tolerance Variant
Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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Existence Men Reason Rejection Responsiblity Thinking
I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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Be Yourself Myself Symbol
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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Action Cause Citizen Government Private
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Consequences Evade Reality
Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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Danger Enemy Fight Moments Necessary Pain Thinking
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
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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Achievement Community Ending Except Murder Social Suicide Ultimate Vote
Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner!
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Always Corner Patience Reward Romance Round

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