Money Quotes by Ayn Rand

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

— Ayn Rand

“Money is the barometer of society's virtue.”

— Ayn Rand

Money is the root of all good.

— Ayn Rand

It is morally obscene to regard wealth as an anonymous, tribal product and to talk about 'redistributing' it.

— Ayn Rand

It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money.

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I want to be prepared to claim the greatest virtue of all - that I was a man who made money

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Money is just a tool. It will take you anywhere you want, but you have to be the driver

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“Money will not buy intelligence for the fool, or admiration for the coward, or respect for the incompetent.”

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So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

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“If an heir is equal to his money, it serves him; if not, it destroys him.”

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Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants.

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Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.

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Money is so noble a medium that it does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It…

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If a man wants love he should correct his weaknesses, or his flaws, and he may deserve it. But he cannot expect…

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Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an…

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“Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created. The words ‘to make money’ hold the essence of human…

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To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and…

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I refuse to apologize for my ability -- I refuse to apologize for my success -- I refuse to apologize for my…

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There's nothing of any importance in life — except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are,…

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You're not sorry. You could've been here if you made the effort. But when did you ever make an effort for anybody…

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Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an…

— Ayn Rand

There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government.…

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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…

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There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are,…

— Ayn Rand

“I don't give a damn about your brother James and his friends. Their theory was not new, it has worked for centuries.…

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Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope…

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You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want…

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“Yes! And isn't that the root of every despicable action? Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them.…

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“Money will always remain an effect and refuse to replace you as the cause. Money is the product of virtue, but it…

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“Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are…

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“In a moral society, these are the criminals, and the statutes are written to protect you against them. But when a society…

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“But you say that money is made by the strong at the expense of the weak? What strength do you mean? It…

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“When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law, men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims, then money becomes its…

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Or did you say it's the love of money that's the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know…

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Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon…

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“Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices”

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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

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Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.

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“The man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.”

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Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter…

— Ayn Rand