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Demand Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for…
- To demand 'sense' is the hallmark of nonsense. Nature does not make sense. Nothing makes sense.
- Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he…
- I say that man is entitled to his own happiness and that he must achieve it himself. But that he cannot demand that others give…
- The basic need of the creator is independence. The reasoning mind cannot work under any form of compulsion. It cannot be curbed, sacrificed or subordinated…
- What is a demanding pleasure that demands the use of ones mind! Not in the sense of problem solving, but in the sense of exercising…
- Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.
- 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…
- She was incapable of love for any object not of her own choice and she resented anyone's demand for it.
- We are on strike against martyrdom—and against the moral code that demands it. We are on strike against those who believe that one man must…
More Demand Quotes
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour
- Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. — Red Auerbach
- Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in… — Roger Babson
- Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. — Lord Acton
- Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand… — Honore de Balzac
- Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac
- Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually… — Albert Bandura
- Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. — Daniel Barenboim
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams