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Ayn Rand quotes

Russian Writer February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982

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Ayn Rand quote: "The nation which once held the creed that greatness is..."
The nation which once held the creed that greatness is achieved by production, is now told that it is achieved by squalor. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps,..."
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "I will not die, it's the world that will end."paraphrase of..."
I will not die, it's the world that will end."paraphrase of unknown philosopher Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "I guard my treasures: my thought, my will, my freedom. And the..."
I guard my treasures: my thought, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "Whatever it was, he thought, whatever the strain and the..."
Whatever it was, he thought, whatever the strain and the agony, they were worth it, because they had made him reach this day Ayn Rand
In the many months of his absence, she never wondered whether he was true to her or not; she knew he was. She knew, even though she was too young to know the reason, that indiscriminate desire and unselective indulgence were possible only to those who regarded sex and themselves as evil. Ayn Rand
It takes two to make every great career: the man who is great, and the man-almost rarer-who is great enough to see greatness and say so. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "The sight of an achievement was the greatest gift a human..."
The sight of an achievement was the greatest gift a human being could offer to others. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "There's no such thing as a lousy job-only lousy men who don't..."
There's no such thing as a lousy job-only lousy men who don't care to do it. Ayn Rand
To irrational principles, one cannot be loyal. Ideas that are not derived from reality cannot be consistently practiced in reality.--as quoted by Leonard Peikoff in "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand Ayn Rand
People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. They did not give or ask for reasons. 'Reason,' Dr. Pritchett had told them, 'is the most naive of all superstitions.' 'The source of public opinion?' said Claude Slagenhop in a public radio speech. 'There is no source of public opinion. It is spontaneously general. It is a reflex of the collective instinct of the collective mind. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own..."
Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned. Ayn Rand
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. Ayn Rand
Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others. Ayn Rand
Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others. Ayn Rand

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