"A code of values accepted by choice is…" — Ayn Rand

"A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality."

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838 Quotes by Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand has 838 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love…
The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to…
I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea…
Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the…
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept…
Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale…
Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.
This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch…
Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One…
Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to…

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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,… — Arthur Ashe
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses… — Emilie Autumn
In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but… — Michelle Bachelet
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your… — John Adams
In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans,… — Mario Batali
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his… — Pope Benedict XVI
In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless. — Joe Biden
I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm… — Mary J. Blige
In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we… — Bono
I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier. — Terry Bradshaw
In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not. — Jessica Alba

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