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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A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which...

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which...

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...

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...

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with...

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with...

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will...

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will...

I swearby my life and my love of itthat I will never live for the...

I swearby my life and my love of itthat I will never live for the...

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

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...

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

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

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...

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....

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,...

That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage...

That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage...

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man...

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man...

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...

Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the...

Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the...

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...

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...

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer...