Words are a lens to focus one's mind.
The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the “common good,” but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.
The United States of America is the greatest, the noblest and, in its original founding principles, the only moral country in the history of the world.
Emotions are inherent in your nature, but their content is dictated by your mind.
I could not understand how any man could be so brutalized as to claim the right to dispose of the lives of others, nor how any man could be so lacking in self-esteem as to grant to others the right to dispose of his life.
It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own.
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To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.
History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
No matter how outrageous a lie may be, it will be accepted if stated loudly enough and often enough.
The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.
You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul.
If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: never lie to yourself.
I have met men who are habitual liars. They have lied so long that they no longer can distinguish between the truth and a lie. Their sensitivity to sin has been almost completely deadened.