Ayn Rand Quotes

Do Not Hide Behind Such Superficialities As Whether You Should Or Should Not Give A Dime To A Beggar. That Is Not The Issue. The Issue Is Whether You Do Or Do Not Have The Right To Exist Without Giving Him That Dime. The Issue Is Whether You Must Keep Buying Your Life, Dime By Dime, From Any Beggar Who Might Choose To Approach You. The Issue Is Whether The Need Of Others Is The First Mortgage On Your Life And The Moral Purpose Of Your Existence. The Issue Is Whether Man Is To Be Regarded As A Sacrificial Animal. Any Man Of Self-esteem Will Answer: "No." Altruism Says: "Yes.

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