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Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he likes, to specialize in it, to trade his product for the products of others, and

Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he likes, to specialize in it, to trade his product for the products of others, and to go as far on the road of achievement as his ability and ambition will carry him.

Ayn Rand
Ambition, Men, Liberty
Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.21, Penguin

What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus physical coercion or compulsion.

Ayn Rand
Liberty, Principles, Essentials
Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.43, Penguin

I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.

Ayn Rand
Liberty, Arise, Cannibal
Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.366, Hamilton Books

I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested in politics.

Ayn Rand
One Day, Liberty, Politics

Man holds these rights [life, liberty and property], not from the Collective nor for the Collective, but against the Collective - as a barrier which the Collective cannot cross... these rights are man's protection against all other men.

Ayn Rand
Men, Rights, Liberty

Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties.

Ayn Rand
Men, Rights, Liberty

Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of any possible beneficiary. Yet we are taught to admire the second-hander who dispenses gifts he has not produced above the man who made the gifts possible. We praise an act of charity. We shrug at an act of achievement.

Ayn Rand
Men, Liberty, Needs
Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.74, Penguin

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