When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice

Quote by Ayn Rand

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Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish...

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish...

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...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

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,...

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

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,...

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...

Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in...

Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in...

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...

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...

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions to an...

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions to an...

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,...

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,...

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for...

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to...

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to...

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver...

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver...