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 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 RANDIf it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
AYN RANDA man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
AYN RANDTo say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
AYN RANDA culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
AYN RANDAn honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
AYN RANDMan will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem.
AYN RANDRacism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
AYN RANDIf you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
AYN RANDThe smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
AYN RANDWe can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
AYN RANDIt is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
AYN RANDStatism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.
AYN RANDNever think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
AYN RANDSelf respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
AYN RANDInflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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