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State Quotes by Ayn Rand
- The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
- 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…
- Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice. When I say 'capitalism,' I mean a…
- I am opposed to all forms of control; I am for an absolute laissez faire, free, unregulated economy. I am for the separation of the…
- But a few understand that building is a great symbol we live in our minds, and existence is the attempt to bring that life into…
- 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…
- 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 social system based on and consonant with the altruist morality-with the code of self-sacrifice- is socialism, in all or any of its variants: fascism,…
- 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…
- Collectivism means the subjugation of the individual to a group - whether to a race, class or state does not matter. Collectivism holds that man…
- We the Living is not a novel 'about Soviet Russia.' It is a novel about Man against the State. Its basic theme is the sanctity…
- Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society -- and the…
- Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
- Observe how many people evade, rationalize and drive their minds into a state of blind stupor, in dread of discovering that those they deal with-…
- 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…
More State Quotes
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson