Quote by 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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So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? – Ayn Rand

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If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. – Ayn Rand

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Love is the expression of ones values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another. – Ayn Rand

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The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, its by making it more like a consumer-driven market. – Mitt Romney

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Conventional wisdom on governments role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax government transfer payments have become less progressive. – Paul Ryan

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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. – Ambrose Bierce

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I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could. – Kay Bailey Hutchison

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