Posted on 07/20/2012 12:26:45 PM PDT by Kaslin
Ah, this reminds me of the VAST difference between a chrony capitalist/libertarian and a Christian.
So homework is needed before "the embarrassment in public by baselessly insulting somebody" thing and everything will be okay?
“Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against... We’re after power and we mean it... There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.” (Atlas Shrugged 1957)
The best Ayn Rand quotes are the short ones, the long ones are good too but go right over the head of the libtards reading them.
Ayn Rand could have used some lessons in brevity.
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You're anyone's homework? What a stupid thing to say. What are your objections? |
Fantastic Ayn Rand quotes for anyone who believes in Liberty.
btw, when you try to use big words, at least spell them right. It’s “replete” not “repleat.”
I’d like you to expound further on your “criticisms of Rand’s glaring, obvious logical weaknesses” if you wouldn’t mind.
Perhaps starting with any of these 20 quotes from her. Do you see anything wrong with the content of her quotes? Or is your post just an ad-hom on her because you don’t like her?
Bonus question: Is it possible to allow oneself to applaud someone whose message is powerful and correct even if you don’t happen to like that person personally?
They are all god.
I esp. like #1, #3, #6
What?? You are ascribing your own intentions to a great individual.
Rand championed everything she intended to champion and homosexual marriage was not among them.
They’re great, thanks!
So, in other words, you are too lazy to refute any of her observations, so you dismiss them categorically?
I really like this one because I hadn’t thought if it in those terms, so this quote provides us good ammo:
-—19) “The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
Jesse Jackson never apologized for spitting in white people’s food when he was a waiter.
That’s the only comeback I need.
You’re reducing the Son of God to a mere man?
Well, no, actually. I did so at length, and, as I said, posted them. If you want to read them, dig them up. However, I think her disciples are doing a fine job of making her look like L Ron Hubbard these days.
“Rand would have championed homosexual “marriage.”
I doubt that. Instead, I would wager that she would have championed removing the state endorsement of marriage in general.
Needs repeating. Thank you.
We each will have to decide what is better but in discussions with Obama’s enablers, I often repeat this Ayn Rand quote.
“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”
Rand was an athiest. That’s no secret. She was a philosopher. The basis of her philosophy was the ambition, character and spirit of the individual person. She came from communism and settled in the USA.
If you can separate her philosophy from theology in general and focus on the civics associated with government’s relationship with the individual, I think all conservatives would agree with her political positions.
Her philosophy was that righteous citizens, acting in their own best interest is in fact what is best for all citizens and society at large. She believed that by nature, the individual success spawned opportunities for others to pursue their own success. She also believed that charitable giving was something each individual was to decide and should not be compelled by either mandate or taxes. She had no pitty for the lazy person or the looters (poor entitlement class).
On same sex marriage, I’d be curious to know where she would have stood. I suspect she would have been ok with it as individuals desired it. She didn’t have a religiously based moral compass.
Since it never came up in her lifetime...prove it.
Libertarian, or even objectivist thinking doesn't logically approve of perverse couplings.
There are a number of things I don't approve of about Ayn Rand--first of all that her objectivist philosophy requires atheism.
That doesn't mean she didn't have many, MANY wise things to say about government and freedom.
I don't like some of the things Jefferson believed too, like deism, cutting apart the Gospels, or miscegenation. That doesn't take away the magnificence of his thought and accomplishments in other areas.
'nuff said.
Peace out, all.
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