Ayn Rand Quotes About Greed

• Capitalism has been called a system of greed—yet it is the system that raised the standard of living of its poorest citizens to heights no collectivist system has ever begun to equal, and no tribal gang can conceive of.

  Ayn Rand

  Greed, Citizens, Height

  Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.167, Penguin

• If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed".

  Ayn Rand

  Selfish, Struggle, Greed

  Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.42, Penguin

• If parasitism, favoritism, corruption, and greed for the unearned did not exist, a mixed economy would bring them into existence.

  Ayn Rand

  Greed, Favoritism, Corruption

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.240, Penguin

• Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame.

  Ayn Rand

  Money, Men, Giving

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.315, Hamilton Books

• Since time immemorial and pre-industrial, 'greed' has been the accusation hurled at the rich by the concrete-bound illiterates who were unable to conceive of the source of wealth or of the motivation of those who produce it.

  Ayn Rand

  Motivation, Greed, Wealth

  Ayn Rand (1966). “Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal”, Signet Book

You May Also Like:

Leonard Peikoff

Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises

Nathaniel Branden

Murray Rothbard

Alan Greenspan

Milton Friedman