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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes down ultimately to the grant of an undefined undefinable, non-objective, arbitrary power to some government officials. The worst aspect of it is not that such a power can be used dishonestly, but that it cannot be used honestly. The wisest man in the world, with the purest integrity, cannot find a criterion for the just, equitable, rational application of an unjust, inequitable, irrational principle."

Men Taken Integrity
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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
Integrity

"And what, incidentally, do you think integrity is? The ability not to pick a watch out of your neighbor's pocket? No, it's not as easy as that. If that were all, I'd say ninety-five percent of humanity were honest, upright men. Only, as you can see, they aren't. Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea."

Thinking Men Integrity
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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"If an uncompromising stand is to be smeared as 'extremism,' then that smear is directed at any devotion to values, any loyalty to principles, any profound conviction, any consistency, any steadfastness, any passion, any dedication to an unbreached, inviolate truth -- any man of integrity."

Passion Integrity Loyalty
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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. It is only with your own knowledge that you can deal. It is only your own knowledge that you can claim to possess or ask others to consider. Your mind is your only judge of truth - and if others dissent from your verdict, reality is the court of final appeal. Nothing but a man's mind can perform that complex, delicate, crucial process of identification which is thinking. Nothing can direct the process but his own judgment. Nothing can direct his judgment but his moral integrity."

Thinking Reality Integrity
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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence."

Honesty Integrity Fake
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"Real men don't conform to the beliefs of others, even when society has concluded on what is good and true, but maintain the integrity of their own mind."

Men Real Integrity
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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker
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"It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one."

Leader Integrity
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Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author
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"Sometimes it is better not to talk about art by using the word "art". If we just act with awareness and integrity, our art will flower, and we don't have to talk about it at all."

Art Flower Integrity
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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher
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"This American government - what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will."

Men Integrity Vitality
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Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer
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"I condemn Christianity; I bring against the Christian Church the most terrible of all accusations that an accuser has ever had in his mouth. It is, to me, the greatest of all imaginable corruptions; it seeks to work the ultimate corruption, the worse possible corruption. The Christian Church has left nothing untouched by its depravity; it has turned every value into worthlessness, and every truth into a lie, and every integrity into baseness of soul."

Christian Religious Integrity
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John F. Kennedy Politician
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"All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to return to their normal activities with full confidence in the integrity of American law. This is as it should be, for our Nation is founded on the principle that observance of the law is the eternal safeguard of liberty and defiance of the law is the surest road to tyranny."

Law Freedom Integrity
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Miguel Angel Ruiz Author, Spiritual Teacher
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"How much you love yourself and how you feel about yourself are directly proportionate to the quality and integrity of your word. When you are impeccable with your word, you feel good; you feel happy and at peace."

Spiritual Peace Integrity
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Mustafa Akyol Author
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"Rage is a sign of nothing but immaturity. The power of any faith comes not from its coercion of critics and dissenters. It comes from the moral integrity and the intellectual strength of its believers."

Integrity Intellectual Immaturity
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