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Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

Russian Writer, Philosopher

Lived from: 1905 - 1982

Category: Philosophers | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagRussia

Born: 2 february 1905 Died: 6 march 1982

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  • So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money?
    Atlas Shrugged (1957) Part II sect 2
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  • Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life.
    Atlas Shrugged (1957)
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  • The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
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  • The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.
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  • The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
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  • The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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  • The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
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  • The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
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  • The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.
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  • There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
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  • There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions to an individual, but permitted to a mob.
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  • Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
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  • To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.
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  • To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I.".
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  • Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.
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  • Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
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  • What is a demanding pleasure that demands the use of ones mind! Not in the sense of problem solving, but in the sense of exercising discrimination, judgment, awareness.
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  • When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.
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  • A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
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