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“I am an intransigent atheist, though not a militant one. This means that I am not fighting against religion - I am fighting for reason.”

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Ayn Rand

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

“Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a man or suppress a publication; only the government can do so. The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right not to agree, not to listen and not to finance one's own antagonists.”

Men Government Action Individual Term Can Do Silence Speech Agree Finance Agency Censorship Freedom Of Speech Publication Antagonist

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

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

“The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard.”

Morality Standards Gold Code Competence Gold Standard Swindlers

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.”

Philosophy Term Moral Duty Concepts Destructive Moral Philosophy

Book:Philosophy: Who Needs It

Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It

“A 'mixed economy' is a society in the process of committing suicide.”

Process Economy Economics Suicide Committing Suicide Mixed Economy

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

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

“Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two invaluable contributions to civilization - this tea ritual and the detective novel.”

Made Two Novel Mystery Civilization England British Tea Contribution Empires Ritual Historian Afternoon Collapse Detectives British Empire Invaluable Mystery Novels

Book:Ayn Rand Novel Collection

Source: Ayn Rand Novel Collection

“Are my characters copies of people in real life? ... Don't ever believe the stories about authors putting people into novels. That idea is a kind of joke on both authors and readers. All the readers believe that authors do it. All the authors know that it can't be done.”

People Knows Believe Kind Ideas Real Done Character Stories Novel Reader Jokes Real Life Copies

Book:Letters of Ayn Rand

Source: Letters of Ayn Rand

“You don't build for the way people live, but for the way they should live. I don't write about people as they are, but as they could be and should be.”

People Way Should Writing

Book:Letters of Ayn Rand

Source: Letters of Ayn Rand

“There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government. And it is the only institution that can mortgage your future without your knowledge or consent: government securities (and paper money) are promissory notes on future tax receipts, i.e., on your future production.”

Mean Government Security Taxes Paper Institutions Trade Notes Productions Checks Our Future Consent Your Future Mortgage Rubber Receipts Paper Money

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

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

“All public projects are mausoleums, not always in shapes, but always in cost.”

Government Cost Shapes Projects Mausoleum

Book:The Virtue of Selfishness

Source: The Virtue of Selfishness

“But the mind is an attribute of the individual. There is no such thing as a collective brain. There is no such thing as a collective thought. An agreement reached by a group of men is only a compromise or an average drawn upon many individual thoughts.”

Men Mind Individual Brain Groups Average Individuality Compromise Collectives Agreement Attributes Fountainhead Collective Consciousness

Book:Ayn Rand Reader

Source: Ayn Rand Reader

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