Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
AYN RANDYou have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
-
-
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
AYN RAND -
An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
AYN RAND -
Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
AYN RAND -
I am done with this creed of corruption.
AYN RAND -
An 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 RAND -
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
AYN RAND -
Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.
AYN RAND -
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
AYN RAND -
Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
AYN RAND -
She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
AYN RAND -
As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
AYN RAND -
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?
AYN RAND -
The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
AYN RAND -
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
AYN RAND -
Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
AYN RAND