Ayn Rand Quotes to ponder for our minds. :-)
“What is morality, or ethics? It is a code of values to guide man’s choices and actions—the choices and actions that determine the purpose and the course of his life. Ethics, as a science, deals with discovering and defining such a code.
The first question that has to be answered, as a precondition of any attempt to define, to judge or to accept any specific system of ethics, is: Why does man need a code of values?
Let me stress this. The first question is not: What particular code of values should man accept? The first question is: Does man need values at all—and why?” - Ayn Rand
“The power of morality is the greatest of all intellectual powers—and mankind’s tragedy lies in the fact that the vicious moral code men have accepted destroys them by means of the best within them.” - Ayn Rand
"The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live." - Ayn Rand
"The government was set to protect man from criminals
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And the Constitution was written to protect man from the goverment.” – Ayn Rand
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values. Ayn Rand,
”A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.” – Ayn Rand
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“The government was set to protect man from criminals
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And the Constitution was written to protect man from the goverment.” – Ayn
"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values." Ayn Rand
