To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested in politics. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is futile to fight against, if one does not know what one is fighting for. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I say that man is entitled to his own happiness and that he must achieve it himself. But that he cannot demand… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence -… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“There is no difference between the principles, policies and practical results of socialism—and those of any historical or prehistorical tyranny. Socialism is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
As a cultural-intellectual power and a moral ideal, collectivism died in World War II. If we are still rolling in its direction,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against other individuals… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I am opposed to all forms of control; I am for an absolute laissez faire, free, unregulated economy. I am for the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure is always offered to take more of the poison that caused the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all. — Ayn Rand Copy Share
She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share
A “collective” mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
“She moved her hand and let it rest against his. He did not withdraw his fingers and he did not pretend indifference. She bent… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before. — Ayn Rand Copy Share
“There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that would hold, as their sum, as… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
“She was fifteen when it occurred to her for the first time that women did not run railroads and that people might object. To… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Have you felt it too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you- except the things that count? And your most… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it. — Ayn Rand Copy Share
