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Exist Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to…
- I would step in the way of a bullet if it were aimed at my husband. It is not self-sacrifice to die protecting that which…
- 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…
- And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the plumbing…
- Gold was an objective value, an equivalent of wealth produced. Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed…
- If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and . . . if I…
- [Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the sole…
- If parasitism, favoritism, corruption, and greed for the unearned did not exist, a mixed economy would bring them into existence.
- Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape…
- I am a man who does not exist for others.
- Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
- Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to…
- A “collective†mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of individual…
- So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a…
- She smiled. She knew she was dying. But it did not matter any longer. She had known something which no human words could ever tell…
- Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
- A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist.
- You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of…
- I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as…
- I love you, Dominique. As selfishly as the fact that I exist. As selfishly as my lungs breathe air. I breathe for my own necessity,…
More Exist Quotes
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. — Mary Kay Ash
- I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and… — David Attenborough
- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine