Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
AYN RANDDo not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
AYN RANDA man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
AYN RANDYou have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
AYN RANDWhoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
AYN RANDWhen I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
AYN RANDIntegrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
AYN RANDRun for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.
AYN RANDInflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
AYN RANDThe source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
AYN RANDThe only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
AYN RANDDevotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
AYN RANDTo love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
AYN RANDThe Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
AYN RANDContradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
AYN RANDRationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
AYN RANDThe man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
AYN RAND