"Individual rights are not subject to a public……" — Ayn Rand

"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."

Away Quotes Earth Quotes Freedom Quotes From Quotes Function Quotes Individual Quotes Individual Rights Quotes Liberty Quotes Majorities Quotes Majority Quotes Minorities Quotes Minority Quotes Oppression Quotes Political Quotes Political Function Quotes Precisely Quotes Protect Quotes Protect Minorities Quotes Public Quotes Public Vote Quotes Religion Quotes Right Quotes Right To Vote Quotes Rights Quotes Smallest Quotes Smallest Minority Quotes Subject Quotes Subjects Quotes Vote Quotes Vote Away Quotes Vote Wisely Quotes Voting Quotes

838 Quotes by Ayn Rand

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

See all 838 quotes by Ayn Rand »

More Earth Quotes

This quote is filed under Earth Quotes, one of 10,102 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and… — Neil Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for… — Neil Armstrong
I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much… — Neil Armstrong
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann

See all 10,102 Earth Quotes »