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Ayn Rand quotes

Russian Writer February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982

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Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever..."
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "There is no necessity for pain-why, then, is the worst pain..."
There is no necessity for pain-why, then, is the worst pain reserved for those who will not accept its necessity? Ayn Rand
This is pity? he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong with a world in which this monstrous feeling is called a virtue. Ayn Rand
Today, when a concerted effort is made to obliterate this point, it cannot be repeated too often that the Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals -- that it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government -- that it is not a charter _for_ government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection _against_ the government. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the..."
Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner! Ayn Rand
I take the only desire one can really permit oneself. Freedom, Alvah, freedom. . .To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on..."
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "He was described as the literary leader of the age, but had..."
He was described as the literary leader of the age, but had never written a book that sold more than three thousand copies. Ayn Rand
Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. Ayn Rand
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. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you..."
Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices Ayn Rand
Through the years of his struggle, he had learned that an apparently causeless antagonism was not hard to deal with, but an apparently causeless solicitude was an ugly danger. Ayn Rand
Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men. Ayn Rand
I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. Ayn Rand

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