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

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Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law. – Ayn Rand

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