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“Any group or "collective", large or small, is only a number of individuals. A group can have no rights other than the rights of its individual members.”

Quote by Ayn Rand

Book:Ayn Rand Reader

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Ayn Rand Reader

This book compiles a selection of Ayn Rand's writings, including philosophical essays, lectures, and speeches, showcasing her ideas on Objectivism, individualism, and capitalism. more

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American novelist and philosopher, known for her novels and philosophical ideas. Her works emphasize individualism, free markets, and rationalism, and have had a profound impact on politics and philosophy in the late 20th century. more

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Moral Morality Demand Errors Code Breach Moral Code Infallibility Omniscience

Book:The Virtue of Selfishness

Source: The Virtue of Selfishness

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

“Litigants obey the verdict of a tribunal solely on the premise that there is an objective rule of conduct, which they both accept.”

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Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of "evil," regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are "extreme" - i.e., consistent).”

Evil Term Issues Extremes Consistent Observing Extremism Synonym

Book:The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism

Source: The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism

“One must never fail to pronounce moral judgment.”

Moral Failing Judgment Moral Judgment

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“Parties are intended to be celebrations, and celebrations should be only for those who have something to celebrate.”

Should Party Celebrate Celebration

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“Rationalization is a cover-up, a process of providing one's emotions with a false identity, of giving them spurious explanations and justifications - in order to hide one's motives, not just from others, but primarily from oneself. The price of rationalizing is the hampering, the distortion, and, ultimately, the destruction of one's cognitive faculty. Rationalization is a process not of perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one's emotions.”

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Book:Philosophy: Who Needs It

Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It

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“Since only an individual man can possess rights, the expression "individual rights"? is a redundancy (which one has to use for purposes of clarification in today's intellectual chaos). But the expression "collective rights"? is a contradiction in terms.”

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Book:Ayn Rand Reader

Source: Ayn Rand Reader

“Style is not an end in itself, it is only a means to an end - the means of telling a story.”

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Author:Ayn Rand