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There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.

There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.

Ayn Rand
Truth, Integrity, Knowledge
Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.101, Penguin

People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they ought to and it makes them feel guilty. So they'll bless and follow anyone who gives them a justification for not thinking. Anyone who makes a virtue - a highly intellectual virtue - out of what they know to be their sin, their weakness and their guilt.

Ayn Rand
Knowledge, Blessing, Thinking
"Atlas Shrugged". Book by Ayn Rand, Part Two: Either-Or, Chapter One: The Man who Belonged On Earth, p. 346, 1957.

Don't rely on our knowledge of what's best for your future. We do know, but it can't be best until you know it.

Ayn Rand
Future, Knowledge, Rely
Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.613, Hamilton Books

A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or controls; it does not sacrifice its knowledge, its view of the truth, to anyone's opinions, threats, wishes, plans.

Ayn Rand
Truth, Knowledge, Sacrifice
"Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal".

Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth.

Ayn Rand
Truth, Knowledge, Mean
Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.260, Penguin

You'll come back, because yours is an error of knowledge, not a moral failure, not an act of surrender to evil, but only the last act of being victim to your own virtue. We'll wait for you and when you come back, you will have discovered that there need never be any conflict among your desires, nor so tragic a clash of values as the one you've borne so well.

Ayn Rand
Knowledge, Errors, Evil

Whether you know the shape of a pebble or the structure of a solar system, the anxioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it.

Ayn Rand
Knowledge, Shapes, Pebbles
Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.100, Penguin

My pride and my power of vision were all that I owned when I started - and whatever I achieved, was achieved by means of them. Both are greater now. Now I have the knowledge of the superlative value I had missed: of my right to be proud of my vision. The rest is mine to reach.

Ayn Rand
Knowledge, Mean, Pride
Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.657, Hamilton Books

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