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The second handers offer substitutes for competence such as love, charm, kindness - easy substitutes - and there is no substitute for creation.
Journals of Ayn Rand (1997)
On second handers: [They are] always concerned with people - not facts, ideas, work or production. What would happen to the world without those who think, work, and produce?
Journals of Ayn Rand (1997)
All progress is the work of individuals.
Journals of Ayn Rand (1997)
Never initiate the use of force against another man. Never let his use of force against you remain unanswered by force.
Journals of Ayn Rand (1997)
Selfishness does not mean only to do things for one's self. One may do things, affecting others, for his own pleasure and benefit. This is not immoral, but the highest of morality.
Journals of Ayn Rand (1997)
Never demand of another that which would constitute his sacrifice to you. Never grant that which would constitute your sacrifice to him.
Journals of Ayn Rand (1997)
The human race has only two unlimited capacities: one for suffering and one for lying. I want to fight religion as the root of all human lying and the only excuse for human suffering.
Journals of Ayn Rand (1997)
The actions of all group leaders throughout history have had one common element: altruism - common good of the collective. Religious leaders and the "moral" majority condemn the likes of Hitler, Stalin, etc. but their movements and foundations are alike.
Journals of Ayn Rand (1997)