"To arrive at a contradiction is to confess……" — Ayn Rand
"To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to evict oneself from the realm of reality."
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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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The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to…
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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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Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the…
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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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Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to…
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More Abdicate Quotes
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To say that 'I will not be free till all humans (or all sentient creatures) are free' is simply to…
— Hakim Bey
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We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. 'Am I my brother's keeper?' Most certainly I…
— Albert Schweitzer
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Like it or not, everything is changing. The result will be the most wonderful experience in the history of man…
— Milton William Cooper
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Will you not covet such power as this, and seek such throne as this, and be no more housewives, but…
— John Ruskin
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The world today is made, it is powered by science; and for any man to abdicate an interest in science…
— Jacob Bronowski
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To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence…
— Eric Hoffer
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons…
— Marlene Dietrich
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I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of…
— Joe Manchin
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Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his…
— Marshall McLuhan
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know,…
— Pat Robertson
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I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to…
— Wallis Simpson
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Conversations are efforts toward good relations. They are an elementary form of reciprocity. They are the exercise of our love…
— Barry Lopez
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