"Living in a society, instead of on a……" — Ayn Rand
"Living in a society, instead of on a desert island, does not relieve a man of the responsibility of supporting his own life."
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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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I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert…
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Just as Mars - a desert planet - gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits…
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My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going to drink a…
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As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within…
— Albert Camus
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The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the ones we call the prophets…
— Noam Chomsky
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...but out of the desert, from the dry places and the dreadful suns, come the cruel children of the lonely…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
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The only thing worse than finishing second is to be lying on the desert alone with your back broken. Either…
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It is very hard to live with silence. The real silence is death and this is terrible. To approach this…
— Edmond Jabes
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For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help…
— Alan Valentine
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My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the…
— Edward Abbey
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