Ayn Rand Altruism Corrupts
It is altruism that has corrupted and perverted human benevolence by regarding the giver as an object of immolation, and the receiver as a helplessly…
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Ayn Rand on Consent
Any undertaking that involves more than one man, requires the voluntary consent of every participant. Every one of them has the right to make his…
Ayn Rand Purpose of Morality
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
Ayn Rand, Freedom in Political context
Freedom, in a political context, means freedom from government coercion. It does not mean freedom from the landlord, or freedom from the employer, or freedom from…
Ayn Rand on Hatred of the Good
“Envy is regarded by most people as a petty, superficial emotion and, therefore, it serves as a semihuman cover for so inhuman an emotion that…
To oppose war oppose statism
“If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose.”
Principle of Individual Rights
“If men are to live together in a peaceful, productive, rational society and deal with oneanother to mutual benefit, they must accept the basic social…
Ayn Rand on Individualists
“Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says:“I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s…
Civilized Society
“The precondition of a civilized society is the barring of physical force from socialrelationships, thus establishing the principle that if men wish to deal with…
Society is Doomed
“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion. When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain…