Rights and the Rights of Others – Quote by Ayn Rand

„Any alleged 'right' of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right.“

Ayn RandAyn Rand on genuine rights and the limits of individual claims: No right can require violating the rights of others.
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Ayn Rand was a Russian-American philosopher and writer known for her philosophy of Objectivism.

Ayn Rand distinguishes here between genuine rights and claims that can only be enforced by violating the rights of others.


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Ayn Rand quote about rights and respecting the rights of others

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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"No one may threaten or commit violence ('aggress') against another man's person or property. Violence may be employed only against the man who commits such violence; that is, only defensively against the aggressive violence of another. In short, no violence may be employed against a non-aggressor. Here is the fundamental rule from which can be deduced the entire corpus of libertarian theory." Murray Rothbard
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