Ayn Rand Quotes About Persuasion

• To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Liberty, Persuasion

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.38, Penguin

• There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Gun, Winning

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.70, Penguin

• No advocate of reason can claim the right to force his ideas on others. No advocate of the free mind can claim the right to force the minds of others. No rational society, no co-operation, no agreement, no understanding, no discussion are possible among men who propose to substitute guns for rational persuasion.

  Ayn Rand

  Gun, Men, Ideas

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.48, Penguin

• If the Humanists wish to be champions of reason, they should consider the following: just as they would not admit mystics into their camp, since no rational discussion is possible with men who substitute supernatural revelations for rational evidence-so they cannot admit advocates of force into their camp, because no rational discussion or agreement is possible with men who substitute guns for rational persuasion.

  Ayn Rand

  Gun, Men, Champion

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