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.
AYN RANDThere 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.
AYN RANDAn irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
AYN RANDI swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
AYN RANDIntegrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
AYN RANDThe Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
AYN RANDIf you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
AYN RANDI never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
AYN RANDMan cannot survive except through his mind.
AYN RANDPower-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
AYN RANDI love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
AYN RANDRacism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
AYN RANDA culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
AYN RANDA society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.
AYN RANDThe problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
AYN RANDDon’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
AYN RANDThe purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
AYN RAND