"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)."

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Source : Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.100, Penguin

Ayn Rand

#Freedom Quotes #Rights Quotes #Political Quotes

“You were right and I was wrong. When life hurts more than death, it is not worth living.”

Source : Anne Fortier (2012). “Juliet (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.272, Ballantine Books
“The camera is the eye of history.”
“I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had.”
“I don't want to think of life after competing. But if I were to do anything else I'd go down the psychology route. That's what interests me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If you are not lax when at leisure, you will be effective when busy. If you are not absentminded in tranquility, that will be useful in action. If you are not hypocritical in private, that will show up in public.”
“I donâ€™t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.”
“Truth as philosophy is a gas; as art, it is visible steam.”
“Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.”

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