Value is that which one acts to gain and/or keep. Virtue is the act by which one aims and/or keeps it. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Rationality is man's basic virtue, the source of all his other virtues. Man's basic vice, the source of all evils, is the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The symbol of all relationships among such men, the moral symbol of respect for human beings, is the trader. We, who live… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The moral justification of capitalism is man’s right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Learn to distinguish the difference between errors of knowledge and breaches of morality. An error of knowledge is not a moral flaw,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental moral difference between a man who sees his self-interest in production and a man who sees it in… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Thus, in the realm of human relationships, a different form of pleasure is experienced, a different sort of motivation is involved, and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging… — 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 Image
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 Image
“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
