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title: "52 Force Quotes By Ayn Rand"
description: "52 Force quotes by Ayn Rand. Plus more from Ayn Rand and more Force 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/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/government-holds-a-legal-monopoly-on-the-use-of-physical-force/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/force-and-mind-are-opposites-morality-ends-where-a-gun-begins/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [When you force a man to act against his own choice and judgment, it's his thinking that you want him to suspend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/when-you-force-a-man-to-act-against-his-own-choice-and-judgment-it-s/)

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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/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [For they have nothing to fight me with, save the brute force of their numbers. I have my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/for-they-have-nothing-to-fight-me-with-save-the-brute-force-of-their/)

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> [When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/when-men-abandon-reason-physical-force-becomes-their-only-means-of/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [When a man attempts to deal with me by force, I answer him, by force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/when-a-man-attempts-to-deal-with-me-by-force-i-answer-him-by-force/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Whoever, to whatever purpose or extent, initiates the use of force, is a killer acting on the premise of death in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/whoever-to-whatever-purpose-or-extent-initiates-the-use-of-force-is-a/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [The men who attempt to survive, not by means of reason, but by means of force, are attempting to survive by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-men-who-attempt-to-survive-not-by-means-of-reason-but-by-means-of/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/all-the-reasons-which-made-the-initiation-of-physical-force-evil-make/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Laissez-faire capitalism is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/laissez-faire-capitalism-is-the-only-social-system-based-on-the/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Capitalism was the only system in history where wealth was not acquired by looting, but by production, not by force, but by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/capitalism-was-the-only-system-in-history-where-wealth-was-not/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Do not open your mouth to tell me that your mind has convinced you of your right to force my mind. Force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/do-not-open-your-mouth-to-tell-me-that-your-mind-has-convinced-you-of/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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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/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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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/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [If the Humanists wish to be champions of reason, they should consider the following: just as they would not admit mystics into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/if-the-humanists-wish-to-be-champions-of-reason-they-should-consider/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [No man may initiate the use of physical force against others. No man-or group or society or government-has the right to assume…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/no-man-may-initiate-the-use-of-physical-force-against-others-no-man/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [No advocate of reason can claim the right to force his ideas on others. No advocate of the free mind can claim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/no-advocate-of-reason-can-claim-the-right-to-force-his-ideas-on/)

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> [When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/when-one-acts-on-pity-against-justice-it-is-the-good-whom-one/)

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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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> [A BUSINESSMAN cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, He suffers the consequences; if he fails, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/a-businessman-cannot-force-you-to-buy-his-product-if-he-makes-a/)

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> [Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/potentially-a-government-is-the-most-dangerous-threat-to-man-s-rights-2/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose. So long as they hold the tribal notion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/if-men-want-to-oppose-war-it-is-statism-that-they-must-oppose-so-long/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-am-older-than-you-believe-me-there-is-no-other-way-to-live-on-earth/)

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> [ So you think that money is the root of all evil? \[...\] Have you ever asked what is the root of money?… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/so-you-think-that-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil-have-you-ever-asked/)

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> [All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/all-public-interest-legislation-and-any-distribution-of-money-taken/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-necessary-consequence-of-man-s-right-to-life-is-his-right-to-self/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [There are two principles on which all men of intellectual integrity and good will can agree, as a 'basic minimum,' as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-are-two-principles-on-which-all-men-of-intellectual-integrity/)

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> [When it is established that government by right can take wealth from some and give it to others. When a society establishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/when-it-is-established-that-government-by-right-can-take-wealth-from/)

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> [Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. Animals obtain food by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/man-cannot-survive-except-through-his-mind-he-comes-on-earth-unarmed/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/do-not-ever-say-that-the-desire-to-do-good-by-force-is-a-good-motive/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [To interpose the threat of physical destruction between a man and his perception of reality, is to negate and paralyze his means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/to-interpose-the-threat-of-physical-destruction-between-a-man-and-his/)

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> [Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/potentially-a-government-is-the-most-dangerous-threat-to-man-s-rights/)

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> [The moral absolute should be: if and when, in any dispute, one side initiates the use of physical force, that side is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-moral-absolute-should-be-if-and-when-in-any-dispute-one-side/)

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> [Volumes can be and have been written about the issue of freedom versus dictatorship, but, in essence, it comes down to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/volumes-can-be-and-have-been-written-about-the-issue-of-freedom/)

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> [Faith and force ... are corollaries: every period of history dominated by mysticism, was a period of statism, of dictatorship, of tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/faith-and-force-are-corollaries-every-period-of-history-dominated-by/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Let no man posture as an advocate of peace if he proposes or supports any social system that initiates the use of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/let-no-man-posture-as-an-advocate-of-peace-if-he-proposes-or-supports/)

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> [An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/an-attempt-to-achieve-the-good-by-force-is-like-an-attempt-to-provide/)

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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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## Other authors on Force

## 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/)

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