Ayn rand quotes on selfishness
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17 Ayn Rand Quotes For Very Selfish People
Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged and founder of Objectivism, was nothing less than a controversial figure. Rand amassed a large following in the 1950s and established the principles that would influence many modern conservatives which promoted individualism, reason, and selfishness, while opposing socialism, collectivism, and altruism.
Ayn rand on greed
The popular philosopher lived a life of contradictions. Rand asserted her reliance on reason over irrationality but decried evidence of the links between smoking and cancer. She scathingly opposed programs from The New Deal, Social Security, Medicare, and welfare.
Hypocritically, Rand was enrolled in Medicare and Social Security before she died of lung cancer.
1. “Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself; he must work for his rational self-interest, with the achievement