"They proclaim that every man is entitled to……" — Ayn Rand
"They proclaim that every man is entitled to exist without labor and, the laws of reality to the contrary notwithstanding, is entitled to receive his 'minimum sustenance' his food, his clothes, his shelter with no effort on his part, as his due and his birthright. To receive it from whom."
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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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If you care about your personal liberty, you'll be cautious when you feel comfortable, blame all the illegal immigrants for…
— Ron Paul
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lean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floor, all of these things should…
— Paul Farmer
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Clean water, the essence of life and a birthright for everyone, must become available to all people now.
— Jean-Michel Cousteau
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The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That…
— Theodore Dwight Weld
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As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made…
— Oscar Wilde
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When the Pleiades and the wind in the grass are no longer a part of the human spirit, a part…
— Henry Beston
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Creativity is our birthright. It is an integral part of being human, as basic as walking, talking and thinking.
— John Daido Loori
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The Divine Plan is one of Freedom. The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms…
— Ernest Holmes
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One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay…
— Mary Pickford
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Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American.
— George H. W. Bush
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The disappearance of your person is not your disappearance, remember; on the contrary, it is your appearance. As your person…
— Rajneesh
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I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to…
— Kevin Costner
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