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Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand ( ), was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which she named Objectivism.

Quotes from Ayn Rand

So you think that money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money?

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How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms.

The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

Guilt is a rope that wears thin.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.

Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned.

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.

The upper classes are… a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.