The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
But the mind is an attribute of the individual. There is no such thing as a collective brain. There is no such… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose. So long as they hold the tribal notion that… — 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. The Bill of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The man-worshipers, in my sense of the term, are those who see man's highest potential and strive to actualize it. The man-haters… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is the metaphysically given that must be accepted: it cannot be changed. It is the man-made that must never be accepted… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Altruism does not mean mere kindness or generosity, but the sacrifice of the best among men to the worst, the sacrifice of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
An individualist is a man who says: 'I will not run anyone's life - nor let anyone run mine. I will not… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The three values which men held for centuries and which have now collapsed are: mysticism, collectivism, altruism. Mysticism - as a cultural… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
p.61 He [Roark] was usually disliked, from the first sight of his face, anywhere he went. His face was closed like the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If that's the price of getting together, then I'll be damned if I want to live on the same earth with any… — 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
Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self esteem, is capable of love - because he… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We cannot fight against collectivism, unless we fight against its moral base: altruism. We cannot fight against altruism, unless we fight against… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
She fell asleep, lying there, her hand clasping his. Her last awareness, before she surrendered the responsibility of consciousness, was the sense… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Men have been taught that their first concern is to relieve the suffering of others. ... To make that the highest test… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
To interpose the threat of physical destruction between a man and his perception of reality, is to negate and paralyze his means… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The conservatives see man as a body freely roaming the earth, building sand piles or factories - with an electronic computer inside… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Men have died in torture chambers, on the stake, in concentration camps, in front of firing squads, rather than renounce their convictions.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If capitalism had never existed, any honest humanitarian should have been struggling to invent it. But when you see men struggling to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Just as there is no such thing as a collective or racial mind, so there is no such thing as a collective… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Man's basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If I were to speak your kind of language, I would say that man's only moral commandment is: Thou shalt think. But… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If an uncompromising stand is to be smeared as 'extremism,' then that smear is directed at any devotion to values, any loyalty… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
An idea is a light turned on in a man's soul. Comic-strip artists are in the habit of representing it by means… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If [people] place such things as friendship and family ties above their own productive work, yes, then they are immoral. Friendship, family… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In all proper relationships there is no sacrifice of anyone to anyone. An architect needs clients, but he does not subordinate his… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Did it ever occur to you, that there is no conflict of interests among men, neither in business nor in trade nor… — 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
![“The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of a planned economy crudely into the open. The main characteristic of socialism (and of communism) is public ownership of the means of…” quote by Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/20c/ayn-rand-59_abolition_the-difference-between-socialism-and-fas_1991866.jpg)
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![“If [people] place such things as friendship and family ties above their own productive work, yes, then they are immoral. Friendship, family life and human relationships are not primary in a man's life. A man who places others first, above his own creative work, is an emotional parasite.” quote by Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/644/ayn-rand-59_creative_if-people-place-such-things-as-friendshi_53834.jpg)
