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You have a right to your feelings. Your feelings are there to tell you something, but they are not infallible guides to behavior.

Nathaniel Branden

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Nathaniel Branden
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 9
Died: 2014
Died: December 3
Academic
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Feelings
Tell
Right
Something
Infallible
Guides
Behavior

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The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government, it is called statism.
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