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Neither Quotes by Ayn Rand
- The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is…
- Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not an ideal; brutality…
- But neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Just as man is free to attempt to survive in any…
- 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…
- The first society in history whose leaders were neither Attilas nor Witch Doctors, a society led, dominated and created by the Producers, was the United…
- Ideas, in a free society, are not a crime- and neither can they serve as the justification of a crime.
- Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion. To declare that “everybody is white” or “everybody…
- The three values which men held for centuries and which have now collapsed are: mysticism, collectivism, altruism. Mysticism - as a cultural power - died…
- The Founding Fathers were neither passive, death-worshipin g mystics nor mindless, power-seeking looters; as a political group they were a phenomenon unprecedented in history: they…
- Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
- 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…
- If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.
- And that night we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms in neither ugly nor shameful, but the one ecstasy granted…
- He walked, groping for a sentence that hung in his mind as an empty shape. He could neither fill it or dismiss it.
- I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is…
- 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.…
- I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love…
- I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my…
- When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the guilty…
- 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…
More Neither Quotes
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. — Francis of Assisi
- Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin. — Teresa of Avila
- It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. — Roger Babson
- History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. — Lord Acton
- We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? — Anna Letitia Barbauld
- I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life.… — Lucille Ball
- Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell. — Edward Abbey
- Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent… — Georges Bataille