#sm

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

#earth #function #individual #individual rights #majorities

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#any #civilization #men #morality #reject

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#aids #commit #defeat #discriminatory #economic

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#both #come #country #discrimination #erase

Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#democracy #race #save #small #use

The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape? ↗

— John C. Ransom

#escape #generally #had #how #modernism

I'm 6'2 and not a small person. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#person #small

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt. ↗

— Dan Rather

#criticism #his #hurt #just #justified

Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy. ↗

— Dan Rather

#democracy #despite #many #most #soviets

Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#economy #europe #industries #job #long