Quote by Ayn Rand
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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We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. – Ayn Rand

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The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. – Ayn Rand

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It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him. – Helen Rowland

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Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near. – Helen Rowland

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English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about other men. – Germaine Greer

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When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for. – Benjamin Haydon

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