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“The fact that a man has no claim on others ... does not preclude or prohibit good will among men and does not make it immoral to offer or to accept voluntary, non-sacrificial assistance.”

Quote by Ayn Rand

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

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The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

This book serves as a reference for understanding the principles and vocabulary of Objectivism, a philosophical system developed by Ayn Rand. It includes definitions and explanations of key terms and concepts related to Objectivism, providing a detailed overview of the philosophy. 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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Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them.”

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

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

“The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.”

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“It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves the moral character of another person.”

Persons Character Given Easy Difficult Situation Moral Principles Abstract Moral Principles Moral Character

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

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

“I saw that evil was impotent—that evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-real—and that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it.”

Real Evil Saws Weapons Blind Triumph Willingness Irrational

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

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

“For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid.”

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Source: On the Principles of political economy and taxation

“Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.”

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Book:On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

Source: On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

“There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.”

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Book:Works: With a Notice of the Life and Writings of the Author

Source: Works: With a Notice of the Life and Writings of the Author

“A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price of commodities; but in such cases, it will be found that labour and all commodities have not varied in regard to each other, and that the variation has been confined to money.”

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Book:On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

Source: On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

“After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated.”

Ifs Firsts Would Be Land Population Fertile Settlers Neighbourhoods

Book:The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch

Source: The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch