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- Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes…
- Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep…
- All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure is always offered to take more of the poison that caused the disaster. Depressions are…
- I think it's funny. There was a time when men were afraid that somebody would reveal some secret of theirs that was unknown to their…
- Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding star and the loadstone which point the way. They point in but one…
- Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties.
- Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
- I take no pride in hopeless longing; I wouldn't hold a stillborn aspiration. I'd want to have it, to make it, to live it.
- Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the…
- So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a…
- You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll…
- These are the things before me. And as I stand here at the door of glory, I look behind me for the last time. I…
- Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.
- At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains.…
- Every form has its own meaning. Every man creates his meaning and form and goal. Why is it so important - what others have done?…
- Now take a human body. Why wouldn't you like to see a human body with a curling tail with a crest of ostrich feathers at…
- Now look at me! Take a good look! I was born and I knew I was alive and I knew what I wanted. What do…
- There is nothing to take a man’s freedom away from him, save other men (pg. 101).
- We didn't really have to take everything so seriously, did we?
- But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a…
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