More Quotes by Ayn Rand
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.
Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.
When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to support deficit spending. No private embezzlers or bank robbers in history have ever plundered people's savings on a scale comparable to the plunder perpetrated by the fiscal policies of statist governments.
