If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

Quote by Ayn Rand

Topics: Ayn Rand Quotes

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...

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

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

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,...

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not...

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not...

We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing...

We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing...

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...

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven, but not those who lack the courage...

Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven, but not those who lack the courage...

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public,...

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public,...

There is no greater wealth than to own your life and spend it on living.

There is no greater wealth than to own your life and spend it on living.

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...

An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a...

An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a...

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its...

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its...

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will...

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will...

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked...

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked...

Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now...

Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only...

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...