The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Through the dry phases of calculations in her mind, she noticed that she did have time to feel something: it was the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There were things in my past which I have not liked. But all the things of which I was proud will remain. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“I'm going to die," he said aloud--and yawned. He felt no relief, no despair, no fear. The moment of his end would… — 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
Don't think of them now. Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of… — 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… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The goal of the 'liberals' - as it emerges from the record of the past decades - was to smuggle this country… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Paradoxically, it is the so-called pleasure-chasers—the men who seemingly live for nothing but the sensation of the moment, who are concerned only… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
He wanted nothing, for the time being, except to understand … Without advice, assistance or plan, he began reading an incongruous assortment… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a lifelong process - and the higher… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The month behind her had gone, leaving nothing but the blank of dead time. It had gone into the planless, thankless work… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“There was a time when I looked at the tragic mess they’ve made of this earth, and I wanted to cry out,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You're not sorry. You could've been here if you made the effort. But when did you ever make an effort for anybody… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You will follow me, if we are what we are, you and I, if we live, if the world exists, if you… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The philosophers of the past were superficial,” Dr. Pritchett went on. “It remained for our century to redefine the purpose of philosophy.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I think it's funny. There was a time when men were afraid that somebody would reveal some secret of theirs that was… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“To the glory of mankind, there was, for the first and only time in history, a country of money—and I have no… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Under the antitrust laws, a man becomes a criminal from the moment he goes into business, no matter what he does. If… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“He lost, for that moment, all the days and dogmas of his past; his concepts, his problems, his pain were wiped out;… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
[What for] was the first question he asked about any activity proposed to him - and nothing would make him act, if… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“My dearest one, it is not proper for men to be without names. There was a time when each man had a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people know… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The young photographer glanced at Roark's face--and thought of something that had puzzled him for a long time: he had always wondered… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“What I mean is, what makes people unhappy is not too little choice, but too much," said Mitchell Layton. "having to decide,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I sat there beside him till morning - and as I watched his face in the starlight, then the first ray of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a life-long process — and the higher… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The greatest food for the greatest number—that’s my slogan. At a time of desperate public need, it’s our duty to sacrifice our… — 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
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
“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share
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
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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
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
Have you felt it too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you- except the things that count? And your most… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it. — Ayn Rand Copy Share
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