Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.

Quote by Ayn Rand

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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with...

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with...

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage...

That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage...

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to...

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to...

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim...

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim...

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's...

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's...

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is...

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is...

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man...

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man...

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government...

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government...

The law changes and flows like water, and the stream of women's rights law has...

The law changes and flows like water, and the stream of women's rights law has...

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to...

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to...