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Ayn Rand on Money

1905–1982 Russia

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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

Atlas Shrugged (1957)

Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men’s vices or men’s stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment’s or a penny’s worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you’ll scream that money is evil.

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