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“The worst evil that you can do, psychologically, is to laugh at yourself. That means spitting in your own face.”

Quote by Ayn Rand

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American novelist and philosopher, known for her novels and philosophical ideas. Her works emphasize individualism, free markets, and rationalism, and have had a profound impact on politics and philosophy in the late 20th century. more

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“Do you know that my personal crusade in life (in the philosophical sense) is not merely to fight collectivism, nor to fight altruism? These are only consequences, effects, not causes. I am out after the real cause, the real root of evil on earth the irrational.”

Knows Real Earth Fighting Evil Causes Effects Consequence Roots Philosophical Do You Know Irrational Altruism Collectivism Crusades Irrationality

Book:Letters of Ayn Rand

Source: Letters of Ayn Rand

“The man who attempts to live for others is a dependent. He is a parasite in motive and makes parasites of those he serves.”

Men He Man Motive Dependent Parasites Fountainhead Live For Others

Book:Ayn Rand Reader

Source: Ayn Rand Reader

“Selfishness does not mean only to do things for one's self. One may do things, affecting others, for his own pleasure and benefit. This is not immoral, but the highest of morality.”

May Mean Doe Self Pleasure Morality Benefits Highest Selfishness Immoral

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“The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad Bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a future good Bank.”

Investing Aids Establishment Maxims Preventing Cardinals

Book:Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market

Source: Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market

“The essence of Toryism is enjoyment?but as far as communicating and establishing your creed are concernedtrya little pleasure. The way to keep up old customs is, to enjoy old customs; the way to be satisfied with the present state of things is, to enjoy that state of things.”

Way Littles States Enjoy Pleasure Essence Communicate Satisfied Enjoyment Customs Creeds

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“Nations touch at their summits.”

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“Throughout the greater part of his life George III was a kind of 'consecrated obstruction'.”

Kind Greater Obstruction

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“A political country is like an American forest; you have only to cut down the old trees, and immediately new trees come up to replace them.”

Country Political Cutting Tree Come Up Forests Old Trees

Book:The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

Source: The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

“A cabinet is a combining committee, a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state. In its origin it belongs to the one, in its functions it belongs to the other.”

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“Whatever expenditure is sanctioned - even when it is sanctioned against the ministry's wish - the ministry must find the money. Accordingly, they have the strongest motive to oppose extra outlay. The ministry is (so to speak) the breadwinner of the political family, and has to meet the cost of philanthropy and glory; just as the head of a family has to pay for the charities of his wife and the toilette of his daughters.”

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Author:Walter Bagehot