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To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality.


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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.



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Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.



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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.



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



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When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed



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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality



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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?



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Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.



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You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.



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