Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.
Ayn RandThere has never been a philosophy, a theory or a doctrine, that attacked (or 'limited') reason, which did not preach submission to the power of some authority.
Ayn RandCapitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective.
Ayn RandFreedom, in a political context, means freedom from government coercion. It does not mean freedom from the landlord, from the employer, or freedom from the laws of nature which do not provide men with automatic prosperity. It means freedom from the coercive power of the state ' and nothing else
Ayn Rand