“Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.”
Ayn Rand
This quote is commonly attributed to Ayn Rand, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense. An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Who will let you? That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“I don’t intend to build in order to have clients. I intend to have clients in order to build.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“If you know that this life is all that you have, wouldn’t you make the most of it?”
— Ayn Rand Disputed“You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all, and you had to make decisions about the trusting.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“All would live long, but none would be old.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Money and good manners make the gentleman.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source