Ayn Rand Quotes About Human Rights

• Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: “I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense.” An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.

  Ayn Rand

  Respect, Mistake, Men

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.231, Penguin

• America's founding Ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more - and nothing less.

  Ayn Rand

  Rights, Usa, America

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.37, Penguin

• There is no such dichotomy as 'human rights' versus 'property rights.' No human rights can exist without property rights.

  Ayn Rand

  Rights, Dichotomy, Humans

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.219, Penguin

• The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Rights, Liberty

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.229, Penguin

• The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Rights, Doctrine

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.395, Penguin

• The right to life means that a man has the right to support his life by his own work (on any economic level, as high as his ability will carry him); it does not mean that others must provide him with the necessities of life.

  Ayn Rand

  Life, Work, Mean

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.93, Penguin

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