It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money.... Let me give you a tip on men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it. Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the...bell of an approaching looter.
Ayn RandErrors of knowledge are not breaches of morality; no proper moral code can demand infallibility or omniscience.
Ayn RandIn a free society, one does not have to deal with those who are irrational. One is free to avoid them.
Ayn RandThrough the dry phases of calculations in her mind, she noticed that she did have time to feel something: it was the hard, exhilarating pleasure of action.
Ayn RandA majority vote is not an epistemological validation of an idea. Voting is merely a proper political device--within a strictly, constitutionall y delimited sphere of action--for choosing the practical means of implementing a societyโs basic principles. But those principles are not determined by vote.
Ayn Rand