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The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

Ayn Rand

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
As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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Certain Improvement Inspirational Knowledge Learning
Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.
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Ambition Dominant Goals Philosophy Politics Reason
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Capital Creation Earth High Live Standard
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
The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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Intend Man Master Sacrifice Slave Speak
To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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Love One Liner Virtue Woman
The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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History Progress
She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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Loneliness Nature Sad She Women
Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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Give Up Life Motivational Struggle Want Worth
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 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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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Deep Himself Man Self Respect Value
Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life.
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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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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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