Productive work is the central purpose of a rational man's life, the central value that integrates and determines the hierarchy of all… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society… — 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
The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A rational man knows-or makes it a point to discover-the source of his emotions, the basic premises from which they come. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Since time immemorial and pre-industrial, 'greed' has been the accusation hurled at the rich by the concrete-bound illiterates who were unable to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The right to life is the source of all rights -- and the right to property is their only implementation. Without property… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Whether it’s a symphony or a coal mine, all work is an act of creating and comes from the same source: from… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Man's basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which… — 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
