Ayn Rand

A ‘whim’ is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause.

Ayn Rand

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

Ayn Rand

A free mind and a free market are corollaries.

Ayn Rand

A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race – and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin.

Ayn Rand

A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.

Ayn Rand

A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Ayn Rand

A gun is not an argument.

Ayn Rand

A leash is a rope with a noose at both ends.

Ayn Rand

A man doesn’t borrow pieces of his body. A building doesn’t borrow hunks of its soul. Its maker gives it the soul and every wall, window and stairway to express it.

Ayn Rand

A man who seeks escape from the responsibility of supporting his life by his own thought and effort, and wishes to survive by conquering, ruling and exploiting others, is not an Individualist.

Ayn Rand