"I do not seek the good of others……" — Ayn Rand
"I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life."
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838 Quotes by Ayn Rand
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I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
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Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea…
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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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If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept…
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Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale…
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Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.
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This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch…
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Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One…
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The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of…
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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters…
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn…
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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.
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In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I…
— Steven Adler
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Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.
— Theodor Adorno
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Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon…
— Mark Bittman
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The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat…
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
— Aesop
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Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.
— Andrea Bocelli
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