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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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Upper classes are a nations past the middle class is its future. – Ayn Rand

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The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. – 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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