Ayn Rand Quotes - Page 28

• There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government. And it is the only institution that can mortgage your future without your knowledge or consent: government securities (and paper money) are promissory notes on future tax receipts, i.e., on your future production.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Government, Paper

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.234, Penguin

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• No man may initiate the use of physical force against others. No man-or group or society or government-has the right to assume the role of a criminal and initiate the use of physical compulsion against any man. Men have the right to use physical force only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. The ethical principle involved is simple and clear-cut: it is the difference between murder and self-defense.

  Ayn Rand

  Cutting, Simple, Men

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• Neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims.

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  Pursuit, Whim, Irrational

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.26, Penguin

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• It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money.

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  Hatred, Soul, Nickels

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1447, Penguin

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• A reader has to be concerned only with the end result; unless he chooses to analyze it, he does not have to know by what means that result was achieved-but it is my job to know.

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  Jobs, Writing, Mean

  Ayn Rand (2000). “The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers”, p.110, Penguin

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• Man holds these rights [life, liberty and property], not from the Collective nor for the Collective, but against the Collective - as a barrier which the Collective cannot cross... these rights are man's protection against all other men.

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  Men, Rights, Liberty

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• She thought how strange it would be if she ever said 'Hello' to him. One did not greet oneself each morning.

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  Morning, Would Be, Strange

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.594, Penguin

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• The sky is like a black sieve pierced by silver drops that tremble, ready to burst through.

  Ayn Rand

  Sky, Black, Silver

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.10, Xist Publishing

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• He had a big head and a face so ugly it became almost fascinating.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Sarcastic, Memorable

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• Many words have been granted me, and some are wise, and some are false, but only three are holy: "I will it!

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  Wise, Three, Granted

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.46, Xist Publishing

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• Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

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  Men, Self, Fountainhead

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.549, Penguin

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• and he said her name to fill the space of five years.

  Ayn Rand

  Years, Names, Space

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• Guilt is a rope that wears thin.

  Ayn Rand

  Guilt, Rope, Guilt Feelings

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.684, Hamilton Books

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• Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.

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  Honesty, Integrity, Fake

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.103, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Life, Work, Mean

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

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• An emotion is an automatic response, an automatic effect of man's value premises. An effect, not a cause. There is no necessary clash, no dichotomy between man's reason and his emotions

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  Men, Causes, Emotion

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.159, Penguin

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• I refuse to accept as guilt the fact of my own existence.

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  Guilt, Facts, Accepting

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.368, Hamilton Books

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• Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of "evil," regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are "extreme" - i.e., consistent).

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  Issues, Evil, Consistent

  Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (1965). “The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism”

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• Reason can be fought with reason. How are you going to fight the unreasonable? The trouble with you, my dear, and with most people, is that you don’t have sufficient respect for the senseless. The senseless is the major factor in our lives. You have no chance if it is your enemy.

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  Fighting, People, Enemy

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.329, Penguin

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• Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue.

  Ayn Rand

  Virtue

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.69, Penguin

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• whose steps were a restless substitute for flight.

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  Steps, Flight, Restless

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.288, Hamilton Books

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• Place nothing above the verdict of your own mind.

  Ayn Rand

  Mind, Verdict

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• There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it.

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  Inspirational, Jobs, Men

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1832, Penguin

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• She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt.

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  Giving, Steps, Speed

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.13, Hamilton Books

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• Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Want, Concepts

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

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