Guns or Logic – Quote by Ayn Rand

„There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.“

Ayn RandIn this philosophical quote, Ayn Rand contrasts force and logic as opposing means of human interaction.
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Ayn Rand was a Russian-American philosopher and writer known for her philosophy of Objectivism.

A pointed philosophical contrast between force and rational persuasion, characteristic of Ayn Rand's Objectivist perspective.


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Ayn Rand (1905–1982) was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher best known for her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead." She developed the philosophy of Objectivism, which emphasizes reason, individualism, and capitalism as moral ideals.

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