From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind.

Quote by Ayn Rand

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There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is...

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is...

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal...

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal...

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to...

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven, but not those who lack the courage...

Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven, but not those who lack the courage...

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its...

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's...

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's...

There is no greater wealth than to own your life and spend it on living.

There is no greater wealth than to own your life and spend it on living.

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to...

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to...

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.

Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,...

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,...