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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Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

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

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

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's...

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's...

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

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

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

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked...

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked...

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...

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

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

Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics...

Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

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...

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...

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.

The fashion of this world passeth away

The fashion of this world passeth away

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.