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The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Galt's speech in Atlas Shrugged
A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), The Romantic Manifesto p. 74 (pb 93)
If men want to oppose war, it is *statism* that they must oppose.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal p. 42
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value judgments.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), From the article "Art and Cognition" in The Romantic Manifesto
An artist does not fake reality--he *stylizes* it.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), From the article "Art and Sense of Life" in The Romantic Manifesto
James, you ought to discover some day that words have an exact meaning.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Atlas Shrugged, 1957
Morality is judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, courage to act upon it, dedication to that which is good, and integrity to stand by it at any price.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), The Fountianhead
The right to life is the source of all rights--and the right to property is their only implementation. Without property rights, no other rights are possible. Since man has to sustain his life by his own effort, the man who has no right to the product of his effort has no means to sustain his life. The man who produces while others dispose of his product, is a slave.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue. A viler evil than to throw a man into a sacrificial furnace, is to demand that he leap in, of his own will, and that he build the furnace, besides.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Atlas Shrugged. Part2, III
A private individual may do anything except that which is legally forbidden; A government individual may do nothing except that which is legally permitted.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), The Nature of Government

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