'Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a man or suppress a publication; only the government can do so. The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right not to agree, not to listen and not to finance one's own antagonists.


The Virtue of Selfishness (1964)

Ayn Rand Quotes

'Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a man or...

'Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a man or...

'Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a man or...

'Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a man or...