Quote by Ayn Rand
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on cr

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

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God… a being whose only definition is that he is beyond mans power to conceive. – Ayn Rand

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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. – Ayn Rand

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Love is the expression of ones values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another. – Ayn Rand

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