Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
AYN RANDTo love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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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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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
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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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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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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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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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I love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
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