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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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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there arent enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. – Ayn Rand

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Government
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To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and thats real power. – Ayn Rand

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Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife. – Samuel Richardson

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There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter. – Ernest Hemingway

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I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I dont believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesnt want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street. – Malcom X

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Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. – Charles Caleb Colton

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