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Civilization is the process of

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
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Until and unless you discover

Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns--or dollars. Take your choice--there is no other.
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The spread of evil is

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.
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There is a level of

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.
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You can avoid reality, but

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.
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He was guilty of nothing,

He was guilty of nothing, except that he earned his own fortune and never forgot that it was his.
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My philosophy, in essence, is

My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.
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Men have been taught that

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.
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I can accept anthing, except

I can accept anthing, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.
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James, you ought to discover

James, you ought to discover some day that words have an exact meaning.
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