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Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The sava

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savages whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. – Ayn Rand

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Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics — a rational ethics — as a precondition of rebirth. – Ayn Rand

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Just as man cant exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate ones rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property. – Ayn Rand

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Men dont and cant live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They dont live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions. – John Ruskin

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It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. – Ambrose Bierce

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Men are only as loyal as their options. – Bill Maher

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