"The only power any government has is the……" — Ayn Rand

"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren"

Any Quotes Aren Quotes Crack Quotes Cracks Quotes Criminals Quotes Criminals Well Quotes Down Quotes Government Quotes Only Quotes Power Quotes Wells Quotes

838 Quotes by Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand has 838 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love…
The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to…
I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea…
Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the…
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept…
Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale…
Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.
This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch…
Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One…
Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to…

See all 838 quotes by Ayn Rand »

More Any Quotes

This quote is filed under Any Quotes, one of 35,317 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going… — Alexis Arguello
I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because… — Aristotle
I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house… — Billie Joe Armstrong
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines… — Karen Armstrong
It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees. — Lance Armstrong
I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running… — Neil Armstrong
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the… — Antonin Artaud
People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A… — Mary Kay Ash

See all 35,317 Any Quotes »