"Only the man who extols the purity of……" — Ayn Rand
"Only the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love."
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838 Quotes by Ayn Rand
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You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love…
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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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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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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
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