Faith and force ... are corollaries: every period of history dominated by mysticism, was a period of statism, of dictatorship, of tyranny.
Ayn Randevery man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.
Ayn RandThe only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence - to protect his right to his own life, to his own liberty, to his own property and to the pursuit of his own happiness. Without property rights, no other rights are possible.
Ayn RandShe was incapable of love for any object not of her own choice and she resented anyone's demand for it.
Ayn Rand