The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

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.

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...

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish...

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish...

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

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

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...

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.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

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...

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...

In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you...

In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you...

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,...

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have...

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have...

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,...

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,...

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose,...

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose,...

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...

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on...

I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on...