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.
AYN RANDThe essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.
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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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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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