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Guilt Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Those who grant sympathy to guilt, grant none to innocence.
- Guilt is altruism's stock in trade, and the inducing of guilt is its only means of self-perpetuati on.
- Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral principles…
- We are on strike against the doctrine that life is guilt.
- The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.
- Guilt is a rope that wears thin.
- We are on strike, we, the men of the mind. We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned…
- Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy--a joy without penalty or guilt, a joy that does not clash with any of your values and does…
- People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they…
- There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t…
- Their eyes were dark and hard and glowing, with no fear in them, no kindness and no guilt.
More Guilt Quotes
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. — Saint Augustine
- Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. — Jane Austen
- I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives… — Peter Ackroyd
- I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I… — Amy Adams
- Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. — John Adams
- Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a… — Simone de Beauvoir
- Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation. — Martha Beck
- A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house. — Aeschylus
- Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving. — Erma Bombeck
- I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star. — Bono
- Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the… — Omar N. Bradley