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System Quotes by Ayn Rand
- The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure…
- 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…
- We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody.
- Let no man posture as an advocate of peace if he proposes or supports any social system that initiates the use of force against individual…
- 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…
- Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned.
- Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a future
- The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is…
- 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…
- Capitalism has been called a system of greed—yet it is the system that raised the standard of living of its poorest citizens to heights no…
- Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice.
- Laissez-faire capitalism is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships.
- 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,…
- [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…
- Capitalism has been called nationalistic - yet it is the only system that banished ethnicity, and made it possible, in the United States, for men…
- Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and destroyed all over…
- Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties.
- There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from…
- Whether you know the shape of a pebble or the structure of a solar system, the anxioms remain the same: that it exists and that…
More System Quotes
- A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like… — Rudolf Arnheim
- As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence… — Kelly Ayotte
- I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope… — Charles Babbage
- That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it,… — Charles Babbage
- Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character… — Joe Baca
- Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge. — Michele Bachmann
- A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's called bankruptcy.… — Michele Bachmann
- One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have… — Ella Baker
- One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of… — Ray Stannard Baker
- I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. — Lucille Ball
- I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the… — Antonio Banderas
- The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where… — Henry Adams