Every honest man lives for himself. Every man worth calling a man lives for himself. The one who doesn't - doesn't live at all. Ayn Rand More Quotes by Ayn Rand More Quotes From Ayn Rand It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. Ayn Rand sacrificeofferingmen The mark of an honest man... is that he means what he says and knows what he means. Ayn Rand honestmenmean Within the extent of your knowledge, you are right. Ayn Rand All work is an act of philosophy. Ayn Rand workphilosophy To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. Ayn Rand persuasionlibertymen Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he likes, to specialize in it, to trade his product for the products of others, and to go as far on the road of achievement as his ability and ambition will carry him. Ayn Rand libertyambitionmen She had learned, in the slums of her childhood, that honest people were never touchy about the matter of being trusted. Ayn Rand trusthonestypeople If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your economic security, but it will guarantee the descent of the entire nation to a level of miserable poverty--as the practical results of every totalitarian economy, communist or fascist, have demonstrated. Ayn Rand governmentguaranteesgiving One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor. Ayn Rand fountain-headfountainheadsense-of-humor Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by the fault of those who keep silent. We are still free enough to speak. Do we have time? No one can tell. Ayn Rand freedomcouragecountry Since religion is a primitive form of philosophy — an attempt to offer a comprehensive view of reality — many of its myths are distorted, dramatized allegories based on some element of truth, some actual, if profoundly elusive, aspect of man's existence. Ayn Rand viewsphilosophyreality To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.' Ayn Rand inspirationallovelife I guard my treasures: my thoughts, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom. Ayn Rand my-thoughtsgratitudetreasure The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave. Ayn Rand libertyfreedommen I am interested in politics only in order to secure and protect freedom. Ayn Rand secureprotectorder Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury, imprisonment, destruction. The businessman's tool is values; the bureaucrat's tool is fear. Ayn Rand offeringmenmean Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not an ideal; brutality is not "idealistic," no matter what its purpose. Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. Ayn Rand stupiditylustmen If the Humanists wish to be champions of reason, they should consider the following: just as they would not admit mystics into their camp, since no rational discussion is possible with men who substitute supernatural revelations for rational evidence-so they cannot admit advocates of force into their camp, because no rational discussion or agreement is possible with men who substitute guns for rational persuasion. Ayn Rand championgunmen Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale death. Ayn Rand environmentalrisktechnology Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. Ayn Rand recoverylonelyhero
