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- Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to…
- Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe, the state, the…
- I would step in the way of a bullet if it were aimed at my husband. It is not self-sacrifice to die protecting that which…
- Peter Keating: "Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always have to be so damn serious? Can't you ever do things without…
- Even in dialogue, your own style rules your selection. Do not give yourself a blank check of this kind: 'I'll merely reproduce what I think…
- Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice. When I say 'capitalism,' I mean a…
- The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is…
- The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: “Merry Christmas”-not “Weep…
- Get the hell out of my way!
- The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way.
- Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society -- and the…
- 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…
- Who was it that said he needed a fulcrum? Give me an unobstructed right-of-way and I'll show them how to move the earth!
- The adversary she found herself forced to fight was not worth matching or beating; it was not a superior ability which she would have found…
- Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by…
- But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen the…
- Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted…
- The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre work.
- Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is…
- I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.
- America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal…
- Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's…
- Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that way, when and if you are an architect?" Yes." My dear fellow,…
- I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth or reason. They…
- I love you, Dominique. As selfishly as the fact that I exist. As selfishly as my lungs breathe air. I breathe for my own necessity,…
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- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a… — J. J. Abrams
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in… — Fred Armisen