Ayn Rand quotes

Ayn Rand was a Russian-American writer and philosopher, best known for her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead". Her philosophy of Objectivism promoted reason, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism. She remains an influential figure in debates over ethics, politics, and personal freedom. Here are 467 of her quotes:

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. (Ayn Rand)
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. View quote
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It was the greatest sensation of existence: not to trust but to know. View quote
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. View quote
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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. View quote
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If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others. View quote
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I'll give you a hint. Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. View quote
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So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? View quote
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There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist. View quote
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Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law. View quote
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One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor. (Ayn Rand)
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. View quote
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I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. - Anthem. View quote
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Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday... The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. View quote
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I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you. View quote
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The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see. View quote
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Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. View quote
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The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. View quote
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To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I." View quote
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People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk. View quote
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Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth. (Ayn Rand)
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments. View quote
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Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another. View quote
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The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles. View quote
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness. View quote
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Ayn Rand

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Occupation: American Writer
Born: February 2, 1905
Died: March 6, 1982
Quotes count: 467
Wikipedia: Ayn Rand

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