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"Guilt is a rope that wears thin."
- Ayn Rand. |
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"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values."
- Ayn Rand, More quotation on Happiness. |
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"Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production."
- Ayn Rand. |
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"I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction."
- Ayn Rand, Anthem, 1946. |
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"It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener."
- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957. |
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"The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it."
- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957. |
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"The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles."
- Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 1966. |
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"The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence."
- Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964. |