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Interest Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes…
- In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their…
- Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe, the state, the…
- America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal…
- Did it ever occur to you, that there is no conflict of interests among men, neither in business nor in trade nor in their most…
- Each man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest.
- All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes down ultimately to…
- If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and . . . if I…
- Don't consider our interests or desires. You have no duty to anyone but yourself.
- Collectivism requires self-sacrifice, the subordination of one's interests to those of others.
- Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to…
- America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal…
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