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The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.

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In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.

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Man is an end in himself.

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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 not. His mind is given to...more

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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.

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My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achieveme...more

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Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor--by our love for a single value, for the highest potentiality of our own exis...more

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Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

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A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist.

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Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means ...more

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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 i...more

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A culture is made — or destroyed — by its articulate voices.

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Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of histor...more

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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

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While a creator does and must worship Man (which means his own highest potentiality; which is his natural self-reverence), he must not make the mistak...more