I am only concerned with politics so I may see the day…

“I am only concerned with politics so I may see the day when I don't have to be concerned with politics.”

Ayn Rand

About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

She wishes a future where politics no longer occupies her mind.

In simple terms: She wants politics to be irrelevant.

Key Takeaway

Seek personal freedom from political preoccupation.

Themes

politics freedom individualism

Mood

critical philosophical

Type

political personal

When to use this quote

career focus
personal life
civic disengagement

Key Concepts

libertarianism philosophy

Questions to Reflect On

Can one truly escape politics?
What are the costs of political disengagement?

A Different Perspective

Politics may still impact daily life.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

Inspirational Politics

More by Ayn Rand

There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.

Ayn Rand

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

“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.”

Ayn Rand

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

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

“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

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

“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

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

“We are fornicating in the sight of six billion people.”

Ayn Rand

“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

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

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

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

We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it.

Ayn Rand

Explore all 1,777 Ayn Rand quotes

More Concerned quotes

I don't think there's a direct correlation between my sexuality and my skiing ability. But I think because I was so concerned about it…

Gus Kenworthy

Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing…

Amity Shlaes

As far as Im concerned, I didnt dream - ever.

Theodore Sturgeon

I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and…

Nathan Oliveira

What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything…

Trent Reznor

Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a…

Fred Rogers

I am no different from a lot of people. I am concerned for the future of my children and concerned for the future of…

John Barnes

As far as Japan is concerned, I want to help all of our allies, but we are losing billions and billions of dollars. We…

Donald Trump

The time has come when the whole world must be concerned about me. From now on, American Christianity must follow me.

Sun Myung Moon

If you read 'Lord of the Rings' and dismiss it as a lie because it has orcs and elves, you're missing the whole point…

Doug TenNapel

Ideal for the child and society in the best of times, Rudolf Steiner's brilliant process of education is critically needed and profoundly relevant now…

Joseph Chilton Pearce