Ayn Rand

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#men #only #seek #those #truth

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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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. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#another man #ask #i #life #live

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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Potentially, a 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 Rand

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Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? ↗

— Ayn Rand

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