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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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,...

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Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now...

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

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

God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.

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

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

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

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

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

In this business, fame lasts for a second. You can be blown up and be...

In this business, fame lasts for a second. You can be blown up and be...

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It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

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Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

Someone once said that a fool can put on his coat better than a wise...

Someone once said that a fool can put on his coat better than a wise...