The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Volumes can be and have been written about the issue of freedom versus dictatorship, but, in essence, it comes down to a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Man holds these rights [life, liberty and property], not from the Collective nor for the Collective, but against the Collective - as… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against other individuals… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A “collective” mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“She moved her hand and let it rest against his. He did not withdraw his fingers and he did not pretend indifference. She bent… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that would hold, as their sum, as… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“She was fifteen when it occurred to her for the first time that women did not run railroads and that people might object. To… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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