Ayn Rand's Quote - Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to mans rig

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Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to mans rig

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to mans rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. – Ayn Rand

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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

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The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. – Ayn Rand

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When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is. – Ayn Rand

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