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* "Any attempt to act for the 'good of others' is a piece of vicious impertinence."
 
* "Any attempt to act for the 'good of others' is a piece of vicious impertinence."
 
* "A person who exists only for the sake of his loved one is not an independent entity, but a spiritual parasite."
 
* "A person who exists only for the sake of his loved one is not an independent entity, but a spiritual parasite."
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* A refusal to vote represents a definite expression of political opinion, a rejection of the candidates & the programs offered.
 
* Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
 
* Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
 
* Credit is not...a magic piece of paper that reverses cause and effect, and transforms consumption into a source of production.
 
* Credit is not...a magic piece of paper that reverses cause and effect, and transforms consumption into a source of production.
 
* Dependence breeds hatred. only free men can afford to be benevolent. only free men can love and respect one another.
 
* Dependence breeds hatred. only free men can afford to be benevolent. only free men can love and respect one another.
 
* "Ideas are the meaning of life, the only things that make a human life, as distinguished from an animal one."
 
* "Ideas are the meaning of life, the only things that make a human life, as distinguished from an animal one."
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* In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation, and only against those who initiate its use.
 
* "In order to fight any issue, it is necessary to fight *for* something, not merely *against* something."
 
* "In order to fight any issue, it is necessary to fight *for* something, not merely *against* something."
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* Inflation is a man-made scourge, made possible by the fact that most men do not understand it.
 
* Instead of prosperity, socialism has brought economic paralysis and/or collapse to every country that tried it.
 
* Instead of prosperity, socialism has brought economic paralysis and/or collapse to every country that tried it.
 
* In the realm of cognition, the special sciences are the trees, but philosophy is the soil which makes the forest possible.
 
* In the realm of cognition, the special sciences are the trees, but philosophy is the soil which makes the forest possible.
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* "Man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it."
 
* "Man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it."
 
* Man is not a lone wolf and he is not a social animal. he is a contractual animal.
 
* Man is not a lone wolf and he is not a social animal. he is a contractual animal.
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* Men prosper or fail, survive or perish in proportion to the degree of their rationality.
 
* "Once men have accepted the idea of self-sacrifice as the good, they have accepted the idea of sacrificing others, too."
 
* "Once men have accepted the idea of self-sacrifice as the good, they have accepted the idea of sacrificing others, too."
 
* One cannot force men -- or nations -- to live as human beings if they prefer to be swine in a collectivist pig pen.
 
* One cannot force men -- or nations -- to live as human beings if they prefer to be swine in a collectivist pig pen.
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* One should never attempt to deprive a man of the consequences of his actions, good or evil
 
* Paper [money] is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims.
 
* Paper [money] is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims.
 
* Paper [money] is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it.
 
* Paper [money] is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it.
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* "You cannot convert others to your ideas, if you have no consistent, logical arguments and proofs to offer."
 
* "You cannot convert others to your ideas, if you have no consistent, logical arguments and proofs to offer."
  
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* Philosophy is the soil which makes the forest possible
  
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* The human characteristic required by statism is docility, which is the product of hopelessness and intellectual stagnation
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* The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
  
uplib inflation is a man-made scourge, made possible by the fact that most men do not understand it. - a rand #quote
 
uplib [m]en prosper or fail, survive or perish in proportion to the degree of their rationality. - a rand #quote 14
 
uplib a refusal to vote represents a definite expression of political opinion, a rejection of the candidates & the programs offered. a rand #quote 37
 
uplib " ... joy is not the absence of pain." a rand #quote 21
 
uplib one should never attempt to deprive a man of the consequences of his actions, good or evil - a rand #quote #responsabilité #irresponsabilité 19
 
uplib in a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation, and only against those who initiate its use. a rand #quote @mobivince (2/2) 20
 
uplib what greater wealth is there than to own your life and to spend it on growing? - a rand #quote 13 minutes ago
 
uplib philosophy is the soil which makes the forest possible. - a rand #quote #cadredaction #analyse 23
 
uplib when you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. - a rand #quote #contagion #servage 22
 
uplib the human characteristic required by statism is docility, which is the product of hopelessness and intellectual stagnation. ~ a rand #quote 23
 
uplib in a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation, and only against those who initiate its use. a. rand #quote rep @vbenard 23
 
uplib in a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation, and only against those who initiate its use. a. rand #quote rep @vbenard
 
uplib the hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see. - a rand #quote #comediehumaine #illusions 10
 
 
uplib there are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think. - a rand #quote #servitudevolontaire 21
 
uplib there are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think. - a rand #quote #servitudevolontaire 21
 
uplib when you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. - a rand #quote #contagion #servage 21
 
uplib when you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. - a rand #quote #contagion #servage 21

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Citations

  • "A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, *not* by the desire to beat others."
  • Any alleged "right" of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right.
  • "Any attempt to act for the 'good of others' is a piece of vicious impertinence."
  • "A person who exists only for the sake of his loved one is not an independent entity, but a spiritual parasite."
  • A refusal to vote represents a definite expression of political opinion, a rejection of the candidates & the programs offered.
  • Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
  • Credit is not...a magic piece of paper that reverses cause and effect, and transforms consumption into a source of production.
  • Dependence breeds hatred. only free men can afford to be benevolent. only free men can love and respect one another.
  • "Ideas are the meaning of life, the only things that make a human life, as distinguished from an animal one."
  • In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation, and only against those who initiate its use.
  • "In order to fight any issue, it is necessary to fight *for* something, not merely *against* something."
  • Inflation is a man-made scourge, made possible by the fact that most men do not understand it.
  • Instead of prosperity, socialism has brought economic paralysis and/or collapse to every country that tried it.
  • In the realm of cognition, the special sciences are the trees, but philosophy is the soil which makes the forest possible.
  • I do not surrender my reason or deal with men who surrender theirs
  • I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters.
  • "Joy is not the absence of pain."
  • "Man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it."
  • Man is not a lone wolf and he is not a social animal. he is a contractual animal.
  • Men prosper or fail, survive or perish in proportion to the degree of their rationality.
  • "Once men have accepted the idea of self-sacrifice as the good, they have accepted the idea of sacrificing others, too."
  • One cannot force men -- or nations -- to live as human beings if they prefer to be swine in a collectivist pig pen.
  • One should never attempt to deprive a man of the consequences of his actions, good or evil
  • Paper [money] is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims.
  • Paper [money] is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it.
  • The creator's concern is the conquest of nature. the parasite's concern is the conquest of men.
  • "The creator originates. the parasite borrows. the creator faces nature alone. the parasite faces nature through an intermediary."
  • "The degree of a country's freedom is the degree of its prosperity."
  • "The free-enterpriser works for what he gets. the modern american collectivist grabs what he can get away with."
  • "The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave"
  • The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed.
  • "The original talent is the rarest thing in the world."
  • "The power of production is not the same thing as the power of coercion by physical force." - a rand #quote
  • The precondition of a civilized society is the barring of physical force from social relationships
  • "The protection of individual rights is the only proper purpose of a government"
  • [T]he vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another.
  • There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think
  • There are two potential violators of man's rights: the criminals and the government.
  • "[T]here comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win."
  • "There is only one standard of justice in the field of economics: the verdict of a free market."
  • "To love the ideal and also those who betray it, is only to betray the ideal."
  • "Tribalism is a product of fear, and fear is the dominant emotion of any person, culture or society that rejects...reason."
  • We must learn to reject the conception that the common good is served by the abolition of individual rights.
  • What greater wealth is there than to own your life and to spend it on growing?
  • "What you owe yourself is to work for your living; what you owe your neighbor is not to interfere with his work."
  • "When men fight a war for freedom, they are fighting for their lives."
  • When personal judgment is inoperative or forbidden, men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice.
  • When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good.
  • Whoever claims the "right" to "redistribute" the wealth produced by others is claiming the "right" to treat human beings as chattel.
  • "You cannot convert others to your ideas, if you have no consistent, logical arguments and proofs to offer."
  • Philosophy is the soil which makes the forest possible
  • The human characteristic required by statism is docility, which is the product of hopelessness and intellectual stagnation
  • The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

uplib there are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think. - a rand #quote #servitudevolontaire 21 uplib when you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. - a rand #quote #contagion #servage 21 uplib all philosophical con games count on your using words as vague approximations. - a rand #quote 23 uplib in any hour and issue of his life, man is free to think or to evade that effort. - a. rand #quote #choix #librearbitre uplib there's only one form of human depravity, the man without a purpose. - a rand #quote #individu #esclave #suiveur 2 uplib one of the most dangerous things a man can do is to surrender his moral autonomy to others. - a. rand #quote 7 uplib paper [money] is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it. - a. rand #quote 4 uplib [l]ife is a value to be bought and...thinking is the only coin noble enough to buy it. a. rand #quote 22 uplib the only cardinal evil on earth is that of placing your prime concern within other men. - a. rand #quote 21 uplib the hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see. - a. rand #quote 11 uplib the creator's concern is the conquest of nature. the parasite's concern is the conquest of men. - a. rand #quote 13 uplib "once men have accepted the idea of self-sacrifice as the good, they have accepted the idea of sacrificing others, too." a. rand #quote uplib [o]f any achievements open to you, the one that makes all others possible is the creation of your own character. ~a. rand #quote uplib quand pour produire, il faut obtenir la permission de gens qui ne produisent rien ... - a. rand #quote uplib what you owe yourself is to work for your living; what you owe your neighbor is not to interfere with his work. ~a. rand #quote uplib when personal judgment is inoperative or forbidden, men's 1st concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice - a rand #quote 22 uplib there are two potential violators of man's rights: the criminals and the government. - a. rand #quote 10 uplib the power that determines the establishment, the changes, the evolution, and the destruction of social systems is philosophy - a rand #quote 22 uplib the human characteristic required by statism is docility, which is the product of hopelessness and intellectual stagnation. ~ a. rand #quote 23 uplib "ideas are the meaning of life, the only things that make a human life, as distinguished from an animal one." ~ a. rand #quote #ownideas uplib the businessman's tool is *values*; the bureaucrat's tool is *fear*. - a. rand #quote 16 uplib the smallest minority on earth is the individual. a. rand #quote 16 uplib no mater how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. - a. rand #quote 23 uplib when men live by trade, it is the best product that wins, the best performance, the man of best judgment and highest ability a. rand #quote 23 uplib in a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation, and only against those who initiate its use. a. rand #quote uplib "[t]here comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win." a rand #quote 21 uplib "the free-enterpriser works for what he gets. the modern american collectivist grabs what he can get away with." a rand #quote 12 uplib "tribalism is a product of fear, and fear is the dominant emotion of any person, culture or society that rejects...reason." a rand #quote 19 uplib "there is only one standard of justice in the field of economics: the verdict of a free market." a. rand #quote 22 uplib "man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it." a rand #quote 23 uplib *freedom*, in a political context...means freedom from the coercive power of the state---and nothing else. a. rand #quote 20 uplib if one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others, only their rational perception. a. rand #quote 10 uplib *freedom*, in a political context...means freedom from the coercive power of the state---and nothing else. a. rand #quote 10 uplib "a creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, *not* by the desire to beat others." a. rand #quote 11 uplib "the degree of a country's freedom is the degree of its prosperity."- ayn rand #quote 22 henryjennings the united states is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced.-frank zappa #tcot #quote henryjennings govt was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government.-ayn rand #tcot #quote quotesboat if men want to oppose war, it is *statism* that they must oppose ~ ayn rand, capitalism, the unknown ideal p. 42 18 quotespedia the united states is a nation of laws badly written and randomly enforced ~ frank zappa the united states is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced.-frank zappa #tcot #p2 #quote


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