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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder

There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.

Suicide, Mean, Men

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.466, Penguin

A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.

Mistake, Suffering, Businessman

"The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z".

When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed.

Honesty, Sacrifice, Men

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1448, Penguin

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.

Gun, Government, Historical

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.320, Penguin

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

Reality, Oil, Liberty

Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to support deficit spending. No private embezzlers or bank robbers in history have ever plundered people's savings on a scale comparable to the plunder perpetrated by the fiscal policies of statist governments.

Government, People, Support

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.234, Penguin

Whoever defends his own rights defends the rights of all.

Rights

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.512, Penguin

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

Philosophy, Humor, Rights

Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.125, Penguin

Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by the fault of those who keep silent. We are still free enough to speak. Do we have time? No one can tell.

Country, Courage, Freedom

The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.

Differences, Liberty, Matter

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not directed at private citizens, but against the government-as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power.

Men, Rights, Criminals

Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.92, Penguin

Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East Berlin is the latest demonstration, like a laboratory experiment for all to see. Yet those who are loudest in proclaiming their desire to eliminate poverty are loudest in denouncing capitalism. Man's well-being is not their goal.

Men, East Berlin, Goal

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.126, Penguin

When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed

Honesty, Sacrifice, Self

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1448, Penguin

The majority of those who are loosely identified by the term 'liberals' are afraid to let themselves discover that what they advocate is statism. They want to keep all the advantages and effects of capitalism, while destroying the cause, and they want to establish statism without its necessary effects. They do not want to know or to admit that they are the champions of dictatorship and slavery.

Champion, Majority, Slavery

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.264, Penguin

The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.

Liberty, Today, Tomorrow

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.8, Penguin

The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.

Sacrifice, Men, Liberty

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.58, Penguin

Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.

Philosophy, Dominant

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.

Inspirational, Live Life, Teaching

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.

Witty, Humorous, Healing

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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 collectivist system has ever begun to equal, and no tribal gang can conceive of.

Greed, Citizens, Height

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.167, Penguin

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Inspirational, Freedom, Independent Women

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Wisdom, Power, Men

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.334, Hamilton Books

Two world wars, three monstrous dictatorships-in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Red China-plus every lesser variant of devastating socialist experimentation in a global spread of brutality and despair, have not prompted modern intellectuals to question or revise their dogma. They still think that it is daring, idealistic and unconventional to denounce the rich. They still believe that money is the root of all evil-except government money, which is the solution to all problems.

War, Believe, Thinking

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

Self Esteem, Self Worth, Men

Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.29, Penguin

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