Quote by Ayn Rand
Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good moti

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. – Ayn Rand

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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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power
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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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Men
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Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. – Ayn Rand

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A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. – George Bernard Shaw

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What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends. – Ambrose Bierce

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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. – Voltaire

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Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. – William Shakespeare

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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy. – Mitt Romney

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Strange how we decorate pain. – Margaret Atwood

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Its the same with visual arts, you have some really cool, wonderful striking images that make you think and then again you have wonderful striking images that just take you away from the existing world for a second. And I like the latter a bit more. – Ville Valo

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