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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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.

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,...

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...

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...

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in...

Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in...

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...

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent...

Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent...

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government...

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government...

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...

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...

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.'

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 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.

We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing...

We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing...

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...

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....

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

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