Tag: ayn rand quotes
The greatest good
“The greatest good for the greatest number is one of the most vicious slogans ever foisted on humanity.”
Ayn Rand, Money is the barometer of Society’s Virtue
“Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion… when you see corruption…
Ayn Rand on Public Property
“Since “public property” is a collectivist fiction, since the public as a whole can neither use nor dispose of its “property,” that “property” will always be taken over by some political…
Ayn Rand Poverty and Abundance
“If concern for human poverty and suffering were one’s primary motive, one would seek to discover their cause. One would not fail to ask: Why…
John Galt Speech
“You called it selfish and cruel that men should trade value for value – you have now established an unselfish society where they trade extortion…
Ayn Rand on America
“America did not melt men into the gray conformity of a collective: she united them by means of protecting their right to individuality.”