Ayn Rand Quotes, Thoughts and images

The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

Freedom To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away from the rights of a minority.

The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority.

The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.

If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

Live a life as a monument to your soul.

Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.