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Above Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of any possible beneficiary.…
- If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and . . . if I…
- If [people] place such things as friendship and family ties above their own productive work, yes, then they are immoral. Friendship, family life and human…
- The man at the top of the intellectual pyramid contributes the most to all those below him, but gets nothing except his material payment, receiving…
- Place nothing above the verdict of your own mind.
- At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains.…
- Because, you see, God—whatever anyone chooses to call God—is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own…
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