The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.Ayn Rand
Whenever anyone accuses some person of being 'unfeeling,' he means that that person is just. He means that that person has no causeless emotions and will not grant him a feeling which he does not deserve. He means that 'to feel' is to go against reason, against moral values, against reality.
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The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently they are most helplessly in its power.
Ayn Rand
I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for any others. I covet no man's soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.
Ayn Rand
To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I."
Ayn Rand
The idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others.
Ayn Rand
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