I saw that evil was impotentโthat evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-realโand that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it.
Ayn RandManโs rights can be violated only by the use of physical force. It is only by means of physical force that one man can deprive another of his life, or enslave him, or rob him, or prevent him from pursuing his own goals, or compel him to act against his own rational judgment.
Ayn Rand