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Ayn Rand

So you think that money is th...

So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?

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Ayn Rand

Altruism does not mean mere k...

Altruism does not mean mere kindness or generosity, but the sacrifice of the best among men to the worst, the sacrifice of virtues to flaws, of ability to incompetence, of progress to stagnation-and the subordinating of all life and of all values to the claims of anyone's suffering.

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Ayn Rand

Of all the statist violations...

Of all the statist violations of individual rights in a mixed economy, the military draft is the worst. It is an abrogation of rights. It negates man’s fundamental right-the right to life-and establishes the fundamental principle of statism: that a man’s life belongs to the state, and the state may claim it by compelling him to sacrifice it in battle. Once that principle is accepted, the rest is only a matter of time.

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Ayn Rand

My philosophy, in essence, is...

My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.

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Ayn Rand

There are two principles on w...

There are two principles on which all men of intellectual integrity and good will can agree, as a 'basic minimum,' as a precondition of any discussion, co-operation or movement toward an intellectual Renaissance. . . . They are not axioms, but until a man has proved them to himself and has accepted them, he is not fit for an intellectual discussion. These two principles are: a. that emotions are not tools of cognition; b. that no man has the right to initiate the use of physical force against others.

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Ayn Rand

If, before undertaking some a...

If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right.

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Ayn Rand

Economics departments are dom...

Economics departments are dominated by Marxism, which is taken straight or on the rocks, in the form of Keynesianism.

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Ayn Rand

The right to agree with other...

The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. It is the institution of private property that protects and implements the right to disagree - and thus keeps the road open to man's most valuable attribute: the creative mind.

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Ayn Rand

Live and act within the limit...

Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.

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Ayn Rand

Only a man of integrity can p...

Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one’s consciousness can permit the faking of existence.

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Ayn Rand

The basic need of the creator...

The basic need of the creator is independence. The reasoning mind cannot work under any form of compulsion. It cannot be curbed, sacrificed or subordinated to any consideration whatsoever. It demands total independence in function and in motive.

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Ayn Rand

Honor is self-esteem made vis...

Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.

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Ayn Rand

Independence is the only gaug...

Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn’t done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity.

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Ayn Rand

I started my life with a sing...

I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.

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Ayn Rand

It's a rare gift, you know, t...

It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own.

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Ayn Rand

I owe nothing to my brothers,...

I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for any others. I covet no man's soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.

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I want to be prepared to clai...

I want to be prepared to claim the greatest virtue of all - that I was a man who made money

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Love is our response to our h...

Love is our response to our highest values. Love is self-enjoyment. The noblest love is born out of admiration of another's values.

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To deal with men by force is ...

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

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The purpose of man's life...i...

The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question.

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