Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being.
Ayn RandShe had learned, in the slums of her childhood, that honest people were never touchy about the matter of being trusted.
Ayn RandIf you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your economic security, but it will guarantee the descent of the entire nation to a level of miserable poverty--as the practical results of every totalitarian economy, communist or fascist, have demonstrated.
Ayn RandFor they have nothing to fight me with, save the brute force of their numbers. I have my mind.
Ayn Rand