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
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. – Ayn Rand
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
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