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Ayn Rand Quotes - Page 9

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Creation comes before distribution -- or there will be nothing to distribute.

Creation comes before distribution -- or there will be nothing to distribute.

Political, Fountainhead, Creation

Ayn Rand (1997). “Letters of Ayn Rand”, p.103, Penguin

A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of his mind, or compels him to act against his own rational judgment-a society that sets up a conflict between its edicts and the requirements of man’s nature—is not, strictly speaking, a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang-rule.

Men, Effort, Mind

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (1965). “The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism”

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.

Sacrifice, Men, Offering

Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.677, Penguin

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Money, Inspiration, Men

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.314, Hamilton Books

A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race - and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin.

Race, Numbers, Genius

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.149, Penguin

All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative.

Evil, Novelists, Use

"The Virtue of Selfishness". Book by Ayn Rand, 1964.

What is greatness? I will answer: it is the capacity to live by the three fundamental values of John Galt: reason, purpose, self-esteem.

Self Esteem, Greatness, Three

Playboy Interview, March, 1964.

The concept of free competition enforced by law is a grotesque contradiction in terms.

Government, Law, Competition

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.100, Penguin

Those who grant sympathy to guilt, grant none to innocence.

Guilt, Innocence, Grants

Ayn Rand (2005). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.842, Penguin

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

The more you learn, the more you know that you know nothing.

Inspirational, Inspiring, Logical

A government is the most dangerous threat to man

Men, Monopoly, Bill Of Rights

Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.94, Penguin

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk.

People, Looks, Thrive

Ayn Rand (2009). “We the Living”, p.264, Penguin

America's founding Ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more - and nothing less.

Rights, Usa, America

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.37, Penguin

...if men are to be ruled, then the enemy is reason.

Men, Enemy, Reason

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.414, Penguin

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

Winning, Evil, Hatred

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.170, Penguin

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

Leave Me Alone, Reason, Deny

Ayn Rand (2005). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.9, Penguin

Those who say theory and practice are two unrelated realms are fools in one and scoundrels in the other.

Practice, Two, Fool

Ayn Rand (1997). “Letters of Ayn Rand”, p.711, Penguin

To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.

Fear, Believe, Issues

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.808, Hamilton Books

To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.

Writing, Creative, Firsts

Ayn Rand (2000). “The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers”, p.102, Penguin

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 nation) and that the group may sacrifice him at its own whim to its own interests. The only way to implement a doctrine of that kind is by means of brute force - and statism has always been the poltical corollary of collectivism.

Mean, Sacrifice, Rights

Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.122, Penguin

I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life.

Fountainhead, Howard Roark, Minutes

Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.78, Penguin

You don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is–say it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Prayer, Eye, Knowing

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.680, Hamilton Books

To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self esteem, is capable of love - because he is the only man capable of holding firm, consistent, uncompromising, unbetrayed value. The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone

Selfish, Self Esteem, Love Is

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

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 force the minds of others. No rational society, no co-operation, no agreement, no understanding, no discussion are possible among men who propose to substitute guns for rational persuasion.

Gun, Men, Ideas

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.48, Penguin

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