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«Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Civilization
| Keywords:
civilization, privacy, ruled, rule of law, savage, savaged, setting, set free, Society of, The Process, The Rule of Law, tribe
«I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for any others. I covet no man's soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.»
«In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you had known in your childhood: that spirit of eagerness, adventure and certainty which comes from dealing with a rational universe»
«A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Action,
Desire
| Keywords:
achieving, presuppose, presupposes
«When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Choice,
Judgement
| Keywords:
forbidden, inoperative, justify, personal judgment
«Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
individual rights, Moral right, subordinated, subordinates, subordinating
«Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Wealth
| Keywords:
by fits and starts, fit, fit to, inherit, inheriting, inherits
«Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
body of work, property, property right, property rights, results, translate, translates, translating
«And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the plumbing system? And wouldn't it be preposterous to claim that men must exist for their plumbing, not the plumbing for the men.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
An electric, claim, convenience, conveniences, electric, electric light, large number, large numbers, number, plumb, plumbed, plumbing, plumbing system, preposterous, servant, system, The Men, The State
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