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Right Quotes by Ayn Rand
- The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others.
- Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.
- 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…
- The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure…
- The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. It is the…
- Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
- My pride and my power of vision were all that I owned when I started - and whatever I achieved, was achieved by means of…
- So long as men desire to live together, no man may initiate the use of physical force against others. . . . When a man…
- If that's the price of getting together, then I'll be damned if I want to live on the same earth with any human beings! If…
- Capitalism was the only system in history where wealth was not acquired by looting, but by production, not by force, but by trade, the only…
- The right to life is the source of all rights -- and the right to property is their only implementation. Without property rights, no other…
- Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore…
- If you want to know the one reason that's taking me back, I'll tell you: I cannot bring myself to abandon to destruction all the…
- If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and . . . if I…
- I sat there beside him till morning - and as I watched his face in the starlight, then the first ray of the sun on…
- The right to life means that a man has the right to support his life by his own work (on any economic level, as high…
- If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only…
- Any material element or resource which, in order to become of use or value to men, requires the application of human knowledge and effort, should…
- Morally, the promise of an impossible “right” to economic security is an infamous attempt to abrogate the concept of rights. It can and does mean…
- If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose. So long as they hold the tribal notion that the individual is…
- No advocate of reason can claim the right to force his ideas on others. No advocate of the free mind can claim the right to…
- Of all the statist violations of individual rights in a mixed economy, the military draft is the worst. It is an abrogation of rights. It…
- Individualism regards man - every man - as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from…
- [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…
- Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a…
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