Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savages whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. – Ayn Rand
God… a being whose only definition is that he is beyond mans power to conceive. – Ayn Rand
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
Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. – Ayn Rand