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

Quote by Ayn Rand

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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 smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim...

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim...

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,...

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre...

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre...

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

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...

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

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

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions to an...

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions to an...

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

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...

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

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.

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

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

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

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...

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,...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

Subliminal perception is a subject that virtually no one wants to believe exists, and --...

Subliminal perception is a subject that virtually no one wants to believe exists, and --...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organization of idolatry