The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When a man declares: "There are no blacks and whites [in morality]" he is making a psychological confession, and what he means… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
My views on charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Individualism regards man - every man - as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The man-worshipers, in my sense of the term, are those who see man's highest potential and strive to actualize it. The man-haters… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is morally obscene to regard wealth as an anonymous, tribal product and to talk about 'redistributing' it. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I am unwilling to be wholly good—and please don't regard me as wholly evil! — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental moral difference between a man who sees his self-interest in production and a man who sees it in… — 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
