"Kira, the highest thing in man is not……" — Ayn Rand
"Kira, the highest thing in man is not his god. It's that in him which knows the reverence due a god. And you, Kira, are my highest reverence..."
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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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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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Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.
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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
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