Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
AYN RANDTo 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?
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
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Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.
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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.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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