Occupation: Novelist Birth: February 2, 1905 Death: March 6, 1982
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your ….
Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decid….
Namely, if I am challenging the base of all these institutions, I'm challenging the moral code of altruism. The precept that man's moral duty is to l….
All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal..
Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the right to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the right to invade Soviet Russia, Cuba, or an….
Do not let your fire go out..
No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy..
Men have been taught that their first concern is to relieve the suffering of others. ... To make that the highest test of virtue is to make suffering….
The first society in history whose leaders were neither Attilas nor Witch Doctors, a society led, dominated and created by the Producers, was the Uni….
Another current catch-phrase is the complaint that the nations of the world are divided into 'haves' and the 'have-nots.' Observe that the 'haves' ar….
There is no hope for the world unless and until we formulate, accept and state publicly a true moral code of individualism, based on man's inalienabl….
If the truth shall kill them, let them die..
America's founding Ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more - and nothing less..
So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist ….
Any material element or resource which, in order to become of use or value to men, requires the application of human knowledge and effort, should be ….
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East Berli….
But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his….
Collectivism requires self-sacrifice, the subordination of one's interests to those of others..
My dear fellow, who will let you?" "That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?.
There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it..
And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant ….