All Ayn Rand Quotes
- Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority. Economic
- The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others. Doe
- A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by… Economic
- The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign invaders ... to… According
- Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to… Any
- The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time. Difference
- It is true that the welfare-statists are not socialists, that they never advocated or intended the socialization of private property, that they want to 'preserve'… Advocated
- To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. Deal
- There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot… Cannot Win
- In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their… All
- What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus physical coercion or… Action
- The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is… Absolutes
- Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for… America
- Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East Berlin is the… All
- The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the… Charter
- The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure… Cause
- Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught… Agree
- 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 government… Activity
- Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe, the state, the… Been
- No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against other individuals or groups and… Act
- About Mike the construction worker, friend of Roark: "He worshipped expertness of any kind. He loved his work passionately and had no tolerance for anything… Able
- America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal… Abundance
- The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. From
- Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not an ideal; brutality… Brutality
- If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed". Businessman