The basic need of the creator is independence.
AYN RANDThe hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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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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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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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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People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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