Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe,… — 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
There has never been a philosophy, a theory or a doctrine, that attacked (or 'limited') reason, which did not preach submission to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If you get caught at some crucial point and somebody tells you that your doctrine doesn't make sense - you're ready for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We are on strike, we, the men of the mind. We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
They had rejected the soul-body dichotomy, with its two corollaries: the impotence of man's mind and the damnation of this earth; they… — 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