“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Support for the arts -- merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.”
― The Lost Orwell: Being a Supplement to The Complete Works of George Orwell
― The Lost Orwell: Being a Supplement to The Complete Works of George Orwell
“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”
[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― The Fountainhead
[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― The Fountainhead
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