Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum – March 6, 1982) was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter.
I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build. Use this quote
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom. Use this quote
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. Use this quote
Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off. Use this quote
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. Use this quote
God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive. Use this quote
Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. Use this quote
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't 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. Use this quote
