Myths about Ayn Rand Quotes

“Her philosophy, Objectivism, advocates reason, individualism, and personal happiness. Conservatives are more likely to favor faith, tradition, and duty as core values. Politically, Objectivism is classically liberal or libertarian. It expresses a worldview associated with the Enlightenment. Ayn Rand fundamentally rejected the conservative-liberal distinction in culture.”
― David Kelley, Myths about Ayn Rand: Popular Errors and the Insights They Conceal

“Self-sacrifice ends in pain and death. It is rational selfishness that leads to health, happiness, love, and trust.”
― David Kelley, Myths about Ayn Rand: Popular Errors and the Insights They Conceal

“free-market capitalism and free expression allow people to flourish and cooperate. Freedom encourages independence and responsibility, too, because it respects the fact the we are each individuals.”
― David Kelley, Myths about Ayn Rand: Popular Errors and the Insights They Conceal

“The Objectivist ethics holds that human good does not require human sacrifices and cannot be achieved by the sacrifice of anyone to anyone. It holds that the rational interests of men do not clash—that there is no conflict of interests among men who do not desire the unearned, who do not make sacrifices nor accept them, who deal with one another as traders, giving value for value.[13]”
― David Kelley, Myths about Ayn Rand: Popular Errors and the Insights They Conceal