"‎Therefore, I do not believe that if a majority votes on an issue, that this makes the issue right. It doesn’t."

Ayn Rand

existenceandidentity:

This is just…perfect

"‎Man- every man- is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life."

Ayn Rand (via existenceandidentity)

"I may not literally mean a god, but I like what that expression means. Thank god or god bless, it means the highest possible to me and I would certainly thank god for this country."

Ayn Rand

Different way of looking at the phrases that I usually cannot stand and well, still cannot. 

existenceandidentity:

Just changed my facebook religious/political views

So proud of my boyfriend; brings a tear to my eye :*)

Individual Sovereignty: Objectivism is a Humanism →

existenceandidentity:

Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, is not a popular philosophy. The common man who hasn’t read her works will generally regard them as immoral. The less common man will usually find something lacking in her epistemology or a small point of logic. But for a few, the thought of Rand has…

anglophonic:

“Remember those socialist taxes we didn’t want to pay?”

lolol remember what a straw man fallacy is?? Houses catch on fire and people know it; simple fact of life. Just because the government runs it does not mean a market is incapable of doing so in a more efficient and timely manner.

(Source: blog-anglophonic)

"If you want my advice, Peter, you’ve made a mistake already. By asking me. By asking anyone. Never ask people. Not about your work. Don’t you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?"

Howard Roark (via slampigs)

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Rearranging…currently the only books that really need to be on the bookshelf are there ;) 

"

Do not let your fire go out,
spark by irreplaceable spark.

In the hopeless swamps of the
not quite, the not yet, and the
not at all, do not let the
hero in your soul perish

and leave only frustration for the
life you deserved, but never have
been able to reach.

The world you desire can be won,
it exists, it is real, it is possible,

it is yours.

"

Ayn Rand

One of my favorite quotes by her

(via existenceandidentity)