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title: "35 Economic Quotes By Ayn Rand"
description: "35 Economic quotes by Ayn Rand. Plus more from Ayn Rand and more Economic sayings from other authors."
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> [Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/everyone-has-the-right-to-make-his-own-decisions-but-none-has-the/)

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> [Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/capitalism-is-not-the-system-of-the-past-it-is-the-system-of-the/)

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> [We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/we-can-evade-reality-but-we-cannot-evade-the-consequences-of-evading/)

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> [Political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/political-freedom-cannot-exist-without-economic-freedom-a-free-mind/)

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> [The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-end-does-not-justify-the-means-no-one-s-rights-can-be-secured-by/)

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> [The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-difference-between-a-welfare-state-and-a-totalitarian-state-is-a/)

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> [Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/every-government-interference-in-the-economy-consists-of-giving-an/)

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> [The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-argument-from-intimidation-is-a-confession-of-intellectual/)

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> [It is true that the welfare-statists are not socialists, that they never advocated or intended the socialization of private property, that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/it-is-true-that-the-welfare-statists-are-not-socialists-that-they/)

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> [In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/in-any-compromise-between-food-and-poison-it-is-only-death-that-can/)

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> [The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-man-who-refuses-to-judge-who-neither-agrees-nor-disagrees-who/)

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> [In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/in-a-capitalist-society-all-human-relationships-are-voluntary-men-are/)

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> [What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/what-is-the-basic-the-essential-the-crucial-principle-that/)

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> [There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-is-no-difference-between-communism-and-socialism-except-in-the/)

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> [“One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/one-of-the-methods-used-by-statists-to-destroy-capitalism-consists-in/)

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> [The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-right-to-vote-is-a-consequence-not-a-primary-cause-of-a-free/)

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> [Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/men-have-been-taught-that-it-is-a-virtue-to-agree-with-others-but-the/)

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> [Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/every-movement-that-seeks-to-enslave-a-country-every-dictatorship-or/)

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> [Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/lobbying-is-the-activity-of-attempting-to-influence-legislation-by/)

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> [Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/collectivism-holds-that-the-individual-has-no-rights-that-his-life/)

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> [ The \[U.S.\] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-u-s-constitution-is-a-limitation-on-the-government-not-on-private/)

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> [Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/socialism-is-the-doctrine-that-man-has-no-right-to-exist-for-his-own/)

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> [The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-government-s-only-proper-job-is-to-protect-individual-rights/)

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> [If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/if-you-surrender-everything-to-the-government-and-give-it-total-power/)

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> [Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/individual-rights-are-not-subject-to-a-public-vote-a-majority-has-no-2/)

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> [To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/to-deal-with-men-by-force-is-as-impractical-as-to-deal-with-nature-by/)

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> [Morally, the promise of an impossible “right” to economic security is an infamous attempt to abrogate the concept of rights. It can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/morally-the-promise-of-an-impossible-right-to-economic-security-is-an/)

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> [A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/a-society-that-robs-an-individual-of-the-product-of-his-effort-is-not/)

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> [There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-are-only-two-means-by-which-men-can-deal-with-one-another-guns/)

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> [The right to life means that a man has the right to support his life by his own work (on any economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-right-to-life-means-that-a-man-has-the-right-to-support-his-life/)

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> [Under fascism, citizens retain the responsibilities of owning property, without freedom to act and without any of the advantages of ownership. Under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/under-fascism-citizens-retain-the-responsibilities-of-owning-property/)

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> [Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/economic-power-is-exercised-by-means-of-a-positive-by-offering-men-a/)

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> [No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against other individuals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/no-individual-or-private-group-or-private-organization-has-the-legal/)

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> [The American businessmen, as a class, have demonstrated the greatest productive genius and the most spectacular achievements ever recorded in the economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-american-businessmen-as-a-class-have-demonstrated-the-greatest/)

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> [Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/capitalism-has-created-the-highest-standard-of-living-ever-known-on/)

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## Other authors on Economic

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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