More Quotes by Ayn Rand
Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.
A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
I guard my treasures: my thoughts, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed.
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.
To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.
