Ayn Rand
QUOTES FROM Ayn Rand
Paper money is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist
I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested in politics
The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.
Reason is a faculty that man has to exercise by choice
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
Show me your achievement, and the knowledge will give me courage for mine
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
Thinking men cannot be ruled
Paper money is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs
Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it
Gold money is the source of all Good. Paper money is the source of all Evil
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of reality.
The hallmark of authoritarian systems is the creation of innumerable, indecipherable laws
On ne peut pas régner sur des hommes qui pensent
Ayn Rand
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it
Ayn Rand
A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims
Ayn Rand
Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue
Ayn Rand
Unless you can stand in front of it and protect it with a gun, you do not own it
Ayn Rand
All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk!
Ayn Rand
