We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. -Ayn Rand History
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. -Ayn Rand Freedom
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. -Ayn Rand Men
Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason. -Ayn Rand Men
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 without breaking laws. -Ayn Rand Men
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. -Ayn Rand Power
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. -Ayn Rand Society
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. -Ayn Rand Money
To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power. -Ayn Rand Power
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. -Ayn Rand Life
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? -Ayn Rand Money
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. -Ayn Rand Men
When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized. -Ayn Rand Learning
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. -Ayn Rand Happiness