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For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)

Book by Ayn Rand · 5 quotes · Men, Values, Fountainhead

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For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition) Quotes

“Now look at me! Take a good look! I was born and I knew I was alive and I knew what I wanted. What do you think is alive in me? Why do you think I'm alive? Because I have a stomach and eat and digest the food? Because I breathe and work and produce more food to digest? Or because I know what I want, and that something which knows how to want—isn't that life itself? And who—in this damned universe—who can tell me why I should live for anything but for that which I want?”

“Let no man posture as an advocate of peace if he proposes or supports any social system that initiates the use of force against individual men, in any form.”