Evil Quote by Ayn Rand

The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation…

— Ayn Rand

Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil.

— Samuel Johnson

Force when aggressively applied is "violence" and is, therefore, morally unjustifiable, but when it is used in the furtherance of a legitimate cause, it…

— Bhagat Singh

Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions.

— Milton Friedman

If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil.

— Joseph de Maistre

“Force is a physical power; I do not see how its effects could produce morality. To yield to force is an act of necessity,…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The moral absolute should be: if and when, in any dispute, one side initiates the use of physical force, that side is wrong -…

— Ayn Rand

Force cannot transmit a moral principle: moral ideas can be received only through the reason of the heart.

— Edwin Markham

We have tried to define precisely what it means to be a force for good - always do the right, ethical thing. Ultimately, 'Don't…

— Sergey Brin

Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that it practically…

— Auberon Herbert

“We can trace the operation of evil in the physical world…but I am more and more puzzled about it in the moral world. There…

— William Dean Howells

“The basic political principle of the Objectivist ethics is: no man may initiate the use of physical force against others. No man—or group or…

— Ayn Rand