Since reason is man’s basic means of survival, that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good;… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
One's own independent judgment is the means by which one must choose one's actions, but it is not a moral criterion nor… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that way, when and if you are an architect?" Yes."… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In western civilization, the period ruled by mysticism is known as the 'Dark Ages' and the 'Middle Ages'. I will assume that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The right to life means that a man has the right to support his life by his own work (on any economic… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The mark of an honest man... is that he means what he says and knows what he means. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and . .… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is too early to feel fear of the future when one is under 30, and too late after that. What I… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A story is an end in itself. It is not written to teach, sell, explain or destroy anything. It is not written… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A reader has to be concerned only with the end result; unless he chooses to analyze it, he does not have to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence -… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The source of the government's authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Ask yourself why totalitarian dictatorships find it necessary to pour money and effort into propaganda for their own helpless, chained, gagged slaves,… — 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
The men who attempt to survive, not by means of reason, but by means of force, are attempting to survive by the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Morally, the promise of an impossible “right” to economic security is an infamous attempt to abrogate the concept of rights. It can… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When the common good of a society is regarded as something apart from and superior to the individual good of its members,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you… — 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
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