Moral Quotes by Ayn Rand

One must never fail to pronounce moral judgment.

— Ayn Rand

There can be no compromise on moral principles.

— Ayn Rand

“moral absolute one does not”

— Ayn Rand

A rational process is a moral process.

— Ayn Rand

“Abortion is a moral right—which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved.”

— Ayn Rand

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.

— Ayn Rand

What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue.

— Ayn Rand

Errors of knowledge are not breaches of morality; no proper moral code can demand infallibility or omniscience.

— Ayn Rand

Art is the indispensable medium for the communication of a moral ideal.

— Ayn Rand

The cult of moral grayness is a revolt against moral values.

— Ayn Rand

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

— Ayn Rand

Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties.

— Ayn Rand

“Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can’t be punished for being good. One can’t be penalized for ability.”

— Ayn Rand

Collectivism, as an intellectual power and a moral ideal, is dead. But freedom and individualism, and their political expression, capitalism, have not…

— Ayn Rand

Humor is not an unconditional virtue; its moral character depends on its object. To laugh at the contemptible, is a virtue; to…

— Ayn Rand

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly…

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The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure…

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The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no…

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The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury…

— Ayn Rand

If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive? . . .…

— Ayn Rand

The meaning ascribed in popular usage to the word 'selfishness' is not merely wrong: it represents a devastating intellectual 'package-deal,' which is…

— Ayn Rand

Volumes can be and have been written about the issue of freedom versus dictatorship, but, in essence, it comes down to a…

— Ayn Rand

You'll come back, because yours is an error of knowledge, not a moral failure, not an act of surrender to evil, but…

— Ayn Rand

Abortion is a moral right-which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish…

— Ayn Rand

Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is…

— Ayn Rand

We are on strike against martyrdom—and against the moral code that demands it. We are on strike against those who believe that…

— Ayn Rand

There is no hope for the world unless and until we formulate, accept and state publicly a true moral code of individualism,…

— Ayn Rand

As a cultural-intellectual power and a moral ideal, collectivism died in World War II. If we are still rolling in its direction,…

— Ayn Rand

No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. It is only…

— Ayn Rand

God help us, ma'am! Do you see what we saw? We saw that we'd been given a law to live by, a…

— Ayn Rand

Judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to…

— Ayn Rand

Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men's protection and the base of a moral existence.…

— Ayn Rand

If that's the price of getting together, then I'll be damned if I want to live on the same earth with any…

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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…

— Ayn Rand

My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of…

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There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on…

— Ayn Rand

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

All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative.

— Ayn Rand

...only the pleasure which proceeds from a rational value judgement can be regarded as moral, pleasure, as such, is not a guide…

— Ayn Rand

Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men's protection, and the base of a moral existence.

— Ayn Rand