Ayn Rand – A selection of quotable quotes (i)

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• Guilt is a rope that wears thin.
• Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
• Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.
• I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. (Anthem)
• Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man’s values, it has to be earned. (Atlas Shrugged)
• Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it. (Atlas Shrugged)