The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
AYN RANDThe truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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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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Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.
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