I am not morally obligated to care more for a man than he cares for himself. Ayn Rand More Quotes by Ayn Rand More Quotes From Ayn Rand Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefore, its leaders, its integrators and its bodyguards. Ayn Rand voiceleadershipculture We cannot fight against collectivism, unless we fight against its moral base: altruism. We cannot fight against altruism, unless we fight against its epistemological base: irrationalism. We cannot fight against anything, unless we fight for something--and what we must fight for is the supremacy of reason and a view of man as a rational being. Ayn Rand fightingviewsmen Whether it’s a symphony or a coal mine, all work is an act of creating and comes from the same source: from an inviolate capacity to see through one’s own eyes-which means: the capacity to perform a rational identification- which means: the capacity to see, to connect and to make what had not been seen, connected and made before. Ayn Rand symphonyeyemean Love, friendship, respect, admiration are the emotional response of one man to the virtues of another, the spiritual payment given in exchange for the personal, selfish pleasure which one man derives from the virtues of another man’s character. Ayn Rand selfishspiritualcharacter All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes down ultimately to the grant of an undefined undefinable, non-objective, arbitrary power to some government officials. The worst aspect of it is not that such a power can be used dishonestly, but that it cannot be used honestly. The wisest man in the world, with the purest integrity, cannot find a criterion for the just, equitable, rational application of an unjust, inequitable, irrational principle. Ayn Rand takenintegritymen To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else. Ayn Rand brothermen He, too, stood looking at her for a moment - and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after an absence, but the look of someone who had thought of her every day of that year. She could not be certain, it was only an instant, so brief that just as she caught it, he was turning. Ayn Rand momentslooksyears But this was that view of human destiny which she had most passionately hated and rejected: the view that man was ever to be drawn by some vision of the unattainable shining ahead, doomed ever to aspire, but not to achieve. Her life and her values could not bring her to that, she thought; she had never found beauty in longing for the impossible and had never found the possible to be beyond her reach. Ayn Rand destinyviewsmen A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others. Ayn Rand stupiditymenorder A house can have integrity, just like a person. Ayn Rand househomeintegrity Since reason is man’s basic means of survival, that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; that which negates, opposes or destroys it is the evil. Ayn Rand evilmenmean If parasitism, favoritism, corruption, and greed for the unearned did not exist, a mixed economy would bring them into existence. Ayn Rand favoritismgreedcorruption It is the metaphysically given that must be accepted: it cannot be changed. It is the man-made that must never be accepted uncritically: it must be judged, then accepted or rejected and changed when necessary. Ayn Rand acceptancemenphilosophy Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through. Ayn Rand break-throughsleepmen Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. Ayn Rand loyaltyhappinessinspirational If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. Ayn Rand mencivilizationreligion I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build. Ayn Rand bad-assbadassorder Evil requires the sanction of the victim. Ayn Rand historicalliteratureevil The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose. Ayn Rand typepurposemen Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. Ayn Rand moneyinspiringfunny
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