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“People die, God endures.”
― A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
― A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
“In a pit of mud, everyone looks like everyone else. It is the clean who are distinct. In a mob, everyone behaves like everyone else. It is the friend who is distinct.”
― Life Under Compulsion: Ten Ways to Destroy the Humanity of Your Child
― Life Under Compulsion: Ten Ways to Destroy the Humanity of Your Child
“Depression Is Anger Without Enthusiasm. A”
― The Nymphos of Rocky Flats
― The Nymphos of Rocky Flats
“What did Miss Rand in was her anxiety to theologize her beliefs. She was an eloquent and persuasive antistatist, and if only she had left it at that—but no, she had to declare that God did not exist, that altruism was despicable, that only self-interest is good and noble. She risked, in fact, giving to capitalism that bad name that its enemies have done so well in giving it; and that is a pity.”
― A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
― A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
“May I say just a word to those of you who are struggling against this evil. Always be sure that you struggle with Christian methods and Christian weapons. Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon of love. Let no man pull you so low as to hate him”
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