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There is no room for the arbitrary in any activity of man, least of all in his method of cognition, and just as he has learned to be guided by objective criteria in making his physical tools, so he
must be guided by objective criteria in forming his tools of cognition: his concepts.
- Ayn Rand,
Mr. Ward, what is it that the foulest bastards on earth denounce us for, among other things? Oh yes, for our motto of
'Business as usual.' Well- business as usual, Mr. Ward!
- Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged
There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob.
- Ayn Rand
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.
- Ayn Rand
The idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others.
- Ayn Rand
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights, cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
- Ayn Rand
No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without
contradiction into the sum of his knowledge.
- Ayn Rand
Thinking men cannot be ruled.
- Ayn Rand
Don't work for my happiness, my brothers- show me yours- show me that it is possible- show me your
achievement- and the knowledge will give me courage for mine.
- Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead.
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
- Ayn Rand,
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where the gun begins.
- Ayn Rand
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