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The basic principle of altruism is that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the only justification for his existence, and that self-sacrifice is his highest moral duty, virtue and value. Do not confuse altruism with kindness, good will or respect for the rights of others. These are not primaries, but consequences, which, in fact, altruism makes impossible. The irreducible primary of altruism, the basic absolute, is self-sacrifice - which means: self- immolation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-destruction - which means: the self a standard of evil, the selfless as a standard of good.
-- Ayn Rand. "Faith and Force: The destroyers of the Modern World".
Philosophy: Who Needs It.

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Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand still and does not maintain the kind of "equilibrium" that guarantees the survival of any particular species - least of all the survival of her greatest and most fragile product: man.
-- Ayn Rand. "The Anti-Industrial Revolution".
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution.

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...a society without an organized government would be at the mercy of the first criminal who came along and who precipitate it into a chaos of gang warfare.
-- Ayn Rand. "The Nature of Government".
The virtue of selfishness.

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To declare that "everybody is white" or "everybody is black" or "everybody is neither white nor black, but gray", is not a moral judgement but an escape from the responsibility of moral judgement.
-- Ayn Rand. "How does one lead a rational life in an irrational society".
The virtue of selfishness.

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Neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Just as a man is free to attempt to survive by any random means, as a parasite, a moocher or a looter, but not free to succeed at it beyond the range of the moment - so he is free to seek his happiness in any irrational fraud, any whim, any delusion, any mindless escape from reality, but not free to succeed at it beyond the range of the moment not to escape the consequences.
-- Ayn Rand. "The Objectivist ethics".
The virtue of selfishness.

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Whatever he was - that robot in the Garden of Eden, who existed without mind, without values, without labor, without love - he was not man.
-- Ayn Rand. "Galt's Speech".
Atlas Shrugged.

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Just as man's physical existence was liberated when he grasped that 'nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed', so his consciousness will be liberated when grasps that nature, to be apprehended, must be obeyed - that the rules of cognition must be derived from the nature of existence and the nature, the identity, of his cognitive faculty.
-- Ayn Rand. "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology".

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Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
-- Ayn Rand. "Atlas Shrugged".

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If it were true that a heavy concentration of industry is destructive to human life, one would find life expectancy declining in the more advanced countries. But it has been rising steadily. Here are the figures on life expectancy in the United States:
1900 - 47.3 years
1920 - 53 years
1940 - 60 years
1968 - 70.2 years (the latest figures compiled [as of January 1971])
Anyone over 30 years of age today, give a silent "Thank You" to the nearest, grimmest, sootiest smokestacks you can find.
-- Ayn Rand. "The Anti-Industrial Revolution".
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution.

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Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking.
-- Ayn Rand. "Galt's Speech". Atlas Shrugged.

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In western civilization, the period ruled by mysticism is known as the 'Dark Ages' and the 'Middle Ages'. I will assume that you know the nature of that period and the state of human existence in those ages. The Renaissance broke the rules of the mystics. "Renaissance" means the "rebirth". Few people today will care to remind you that it was a rebirth of reason - of man's mind.
-- Ayn Rand. "Faith and Force: the Destroyers of the Modern World".
Philosophy: Who Needs It?

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It is the metaphysically given that must be accepted: it cannot be changed. It is the man-made that must never be accepted uncritically: it must be judged, then accepted or rejected and changed when necessary.
-- Ayn Rand. "The Metaphysical Versus the Man-Made".
Philosophy: Who Needs It?

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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 them joy and peace and pride.
This god, this one word:
"I."
Ayn Rand, Anthem.

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One's own independent judgment is the means by which one must choose one's actions, but it is not a moral criterion nor a moral validation; only reference to a demonstrable principle can validate one's choices.
Ayn Rand,
"Introduction," The Virtue of Selfishness.

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A "whim" is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause.
Ayn Rand, "The Objectivist Ethics."
The Virtue of Selfishness.

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...if men are to be ruled, then the enemy is reason.
Ayn Rand, "The Comprachicos."
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution.

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Since time immemorial and pre-industrial, 'greed' has been the accusation hurled at the rich by the concrete-bound illiterates who were unable to conceive of the source of wealth or of the motivation of those who produce it.
Ayn Rand.

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If physical force is to be barred from social relationships, men need an institution charged with the task of protecting their rights under an objective code of rules.
This is the task of a government - of a proper government - its basic task, its only moral justification and the reason why men do need a government. A government is the means of placing the retaliatory use of physical force under objective control - i.e., under objectively defined laws.
Ayn Rand, "The Nature of Government."
The Virtue of Selfishness.

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The Middle Ages were an era of mysticism, ruled by blind faith and blind obedience to the dogma that faith is superior to reason. The Renaissance was specifically the rebirth of reason, the liberation of man's mind, the triumph of rationality over mysticism - a faltering, incomplete, but impassioned triumph that led to the birth of science, of individualism, of freedom.
Ayn Rand, "The Left: Old And New."
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution.

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The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.
Ayn Rand.
Philosophy: Who Needs It?