Ayn Rand on Individual Rights and Morality

„Rights are not a matter of numbers - and there can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob.“

Ayn RandAyn Rand on individual rights: Why law and morality should apply equally to individuals and groups.
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Ayn Rand was a Russian-American philosopher and writer known for her philosophy of Objectivism.

Ayn Rand emphasizes the equality of individual rights and rejects different moral standards for individuals and groups.


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Ayn Rand quote about individual rights, law, morality, and the dangers of mob rule

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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"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)." Ayn Rand
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Quote by Lysander Spooner about the nature of majorities and minorities and their relation to power and justiceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Majorities, as such, afford no guarantees for justice. They are men of the same nature as minorities. They have the same passions for fame, power, and money, as minorities; and are liable and likely to be equally - perhaps more than equally, because more boldly - rapacious, tyrannical and unprincipled, if intrusted with power." Lysander Spooner
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