Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Quote by Ayn Rand

Topics: Ayn Rand Quotes

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to...

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to...

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we...

Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we...

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...

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That...

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That...

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...

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to...

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to...

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live...

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live...

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises....

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises....

To say I love you one must first be able to say the I.

To say I love you one must first be able to say the I.

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 say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

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...

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,...

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true...

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true...

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing...

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing...