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…

Quote by Ayn Rand

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Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not...

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim...

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim...

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

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Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

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...

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to...

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to...

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...

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.

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Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public,...

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...

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

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

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,...

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...

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop...

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop...

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,...

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a...

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a...

When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or...

When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or...

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair...

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair...

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what...

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what...