Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
AYN RANDIntegrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
AYN RANDPoverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
AYN RANDAn irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
AYN RANDForce and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
AYN RANDSelf respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
AYN RANDIf it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
AYN RANDShe did not know the nature of her loneliness.
AYN RANDPower-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
AYN RANDContradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
AYN RANDIt is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
AYN RANDA government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
AYN RANDDon’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
AYN RANDPolitically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.
AYN RANDThe essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
AYN RANDLearn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
AYN RANDCapitalism has been called a system of greed.
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