"Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity……" — Ayn Rand
"Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being."
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838 Quotes by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand has 838 quotes on this site.
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You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love…
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The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to…
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I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
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Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea…
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Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the…
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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept…
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Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale…
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Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.
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This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch…
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Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One…
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Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to…
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles.
— Russell Brand
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The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least…
— David Brainerd
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from…
— Edmund Burke
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The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
— Luc de Clapiers
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Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001…
— Tom Allen
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In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise…
— Bruce Alberts
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America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and…
— Paula Gunn Allen
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It is impossible to talk of respect for students for the dignity that is in the process of coming to…
— Paulo Freire
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It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man.
— Michelangelo
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
— Henry Fielding
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My hand moves because certain forces--electric, magnetic, or whatever 'nerve-force' may prove to be--are impressed on it by my brain.…
— Lewis Carroll
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