black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A 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 Rand

The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
AYN RAND

History Progress
Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
AYN RAND

Philosophy Sacrifice
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
AYN RAND

Driver Money replace Tool
What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
AYN RAND

Chemical Collection Delusion Man
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
AYN RAND

Consequences Evade Reality
Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life.
AYN RAND

Absolute Dust Existence Human Life Reality
Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
AYN RAND

Come Criticism Discover Emptiness Freedom Ignorance Virtue
I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
AYN RAND

Be Yourself Myself Symbol
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
AYN RAND

Action Cause Citizen Government Private
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
AYN RAND

Inspirational One Liner Work Hard Worth
Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
AYN RAND

Abandonment Corruption Growth Politics Power
Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
AYN RAND

Existence Men Reason Rejection Responsiblity Thinking
Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
AYN RAND

Glance Glory Love Worship
A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
AYN RAND

Businessman Consequences Failure Force Lost Mistake Suffering
Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.
AYN RAND

Labor Misfortune Mortgage Poverty
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
AYN RAND

Fight Happiness Learning Self Respect Value Yourself

A 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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A 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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ayn Rand Quotes