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Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). ↗

— Ayn Rand

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It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#collecting #intends #man #master #masters

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#because #create #look #looking #own

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants. ↗

— Charles Rangel

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

— Ayn Rand

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