It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.
From Ayn Rand
Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.
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