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Ayn Rand Quotes - Page 7

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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 sacrificial fodder for the collective, that some men have the right to rule others by force,

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 sacrificial fodder for the collective, that some men have the right to rule others by force, and that some (any) alleged “good” can justify it-there can be no peace within a nation and no peace among nations.

War, Men, Long

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.525, Penguin

If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed".

Selfish, Struggle, Greed

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.42, Penguin

The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves.

Change, Future, Animal

When you force a man to act against his own choice and judgment, it's his thinking that you want him to suspend.

Men, Thinking, People

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2313, Penguin

The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers but the confusion of its enemies. To fight it, we must understand it.

Philosophy, Fighting, Civilization

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 is not "idealistic," no matter what its purpose. Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

Men, Stupidity, Lust

A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.

Men, Ego, Progress

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Evil, Historical, Literature

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

Inspirational, Money, Powerful

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.315, Hamilton Books

People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. they did not give or ask for reasons.

People, Giving, Reason

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.174, Hamilton Books

The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave.

Freedom, Men, Liberty

Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.380, Penguin

Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others.

Courage, Choices Made, Bravery

Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.34, Penguin

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Men, Progress Of Society, Civilization

Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.77, Penguin

To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.

Teaching, College, Men

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.83, Penguin

The evasion of responsibility is the major cause of most peoples frustrations and defeats.

Responsibility, Frustration, Causes

You have been called selfish for the courage of acting on your own judgement and bearing sole responsibility for your own life. You have been called arrogant for your independent mind. You have been called cruel for your unyielding integrity. You have been calle anti social for the vision that made you venture upon undiscovered roads.

Integrity, Selfish, Independent

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.76, Penguin

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

Reality, Emotion, Fit

Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.25, Penguin

Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society -- and the solution is laissez-faire capitalism, i.e., the abolition of any and all forms of intervention in production and trade, the separation of State and Economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of Church and State.

Government, Evil, Church

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

Men, Insanity, Swim

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.129, Penguin

The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life-by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality. The training he needs is theoretical, i.e., conceptual. He has to be taught to think, to understand, to integrate, to prove. He has to be taught the essentials of the knowledge discovered in the past-and he has to be equipped to acquire further knowledge by his own effort.

Education, Home, School

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.154, Penguin

There are four characteristics which brand a country unmistakably as a dictatorship: one-party rule, executions without trial or with a mock trial for political offenses, the nationalization or expropriation of private property, and censorship. A country guilty of these outrages forfeits any moral prerogatives, any claim to national rights or sovereignty, and becomes an outlaw.

Country, Party, Rights

Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.388, Penguin

If a drought strikes them, animals perish--man builds irrigation canals; if a flood strikes them, animals perish--man builds dams; if a carnivorous pack attacks them, animals perish--man writes the Constitution of the United States.

Writing, Men, Animal

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.284, Penguin

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

Inspirational, Soul, Doe

Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.551, Penguin

You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the secondary consequences.

Love, Attitude, Men

Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.552, Penguin

You love people, not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for their values; their virtues.

People, Virtue, Values

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