--- title: "6 Chosen Quotes By Ayn Rand" description: "6 Chosen quotes by Ayn Rand. Plus more from Ayn Rand and more Chosen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/ayn-rand-59_chosen_for-the-coming-of-that-day-shall-i-fight_87276.jpg" --- > [For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/for-the-coming-of-that-day-shall-i-fight-i-and-my-sons-and-my-chosen/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/ayn-rand-59_chosen_for-the-coming-of-that-day-shall-i-fight_87276.jpg) > [If I were to speak your kind of language, I would say that man's only moral commandment is: Thou shalt think. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/if-i-were-to-speak-your-kind-of-language-i-would-say-that-man-s-only/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/ayn-rand-59_accepting_if-i-were-to-speak-your-kind-of-language_273893.jpg) > [In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/in-order-to-live-man-must-act-in-order-to-act-he-must-make-choices-in/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/ayn-rand-59_alternatives_in-order-to-live-man-must-act-in-order-t_1911446.jpg) > [The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-moral-is-the-chosen-not-the-forced-the-understood-not-the-obeyed/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/ayn-rand-59_accepting_the-moral-is-the-chosen-not-the-forced-t_1966891.jpg) > [But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/but-you-see-said-roark-quietly-i-have-let-s-say-sixty-years-to-live/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/ayn-rand-59_chosen_but-you-see-said-roark-quietly-i-have-le_2076241.jpg) > [You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/you-have-chosen-to-risk-your-lives-for-the-defense-of-this-country-i/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/ayn-rand-59_chosen_you-have-chosen-to-risk-your-lives-for-t_2092642.jpg) ## Other authors on Chosen ## 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-are-no-white-lies-there-is-only-the-blackest-of-destruction-and/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/she-watched-the-prairies-the-rivers-the-towns-slipping-past-at-an/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) > [“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/this-was-reality-she-thought-this-sense-of-clear-outlines-of-purpose/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/a-collective-mind-does-not-exist-it-is-merely-the-sum-of-endless/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/lobbying-is-the-activity-of-attempting-to-influence-legislation-by/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/she-moved-her-hand-and-let-it-rest-against-his-he-did-not-withdraw/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/this-miracle-of-me-is-mine-to-own-and-keep-and-mine-to-guard-and-mine/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-was-still-one-response-the-greatest-that-she-had-missed-she/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/inflation-is-not-caused-by-the-actions-of-private-citizens-but-by-the/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) > [“We are fornicating in the sight of six billion people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/we-are-fornicating-in-the-sight-of-six-billion-people/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/she-was-fifteen-when-it-occurred-to-her-for-the-first-time-that-women/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/fransisco-you-re-some-kind-of-very-high-nobility-aren-t-you-he/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/have-you-felt-it-too-have-you-seen-how-your-best-friends-love/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/every-coercive-monopoly-was-created-by-government-intervention-into/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) > [We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/we-are-all-brothers-under-the-skin-and-i-for-one-would-be-willing-to/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chosen/ayn-rand/#itemlist", "name": "6 Chosen Quotes By Ayn Rand", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. 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