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We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.
Thomas Jefferson Letter to William Roscoe · 1820

Quotes

“Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.”

Ayn Rand · Atlas Shrugged, 1957 · Primary source

“Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.”

Ayn Rand · Atlas Shrugged, 1957 · Primary source

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.”

Marie Curie · No reliable source

Works

Ayn Rand (Author), Harry Binswanger (Editor) · 1986
The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

An alphabetical reference to Ayn Rand’s Objectivist ideas, drawing together her statements on philosophy, economics, psychology, politics, and related subjects.

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