The fact that a man has no claim on others ... does not preclude or prohibit good will among men and does not make it immoral to offer or to accept voluntary, non-sacrificial assistance.
Ayn RandThere is no affirmation without the one who affirms. in this sense, everything to which you grant your love is yours
Ayn RandThere were things in my past which I have not liked. But all the things of which I was proud will remain.
Ayn RandThe only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence.
Ayn RandIt is a matter of record that in the German Election of 1933, the Communist Party was ordered by its leaders to vote for the Nazis - with the explanation that they could later fight the Nazis for power, but first they had to help destroy their common enemy : capitalism and its parliamentary form of government.
Ayn RandThrough all the years that I spent formulating my philosophical system, I was looking desperately for โintelligent agreementโ or at least for โintelligent disagreement.โ I found neither. Today, I am not looking for โintelligent disagreementโ any longer ... What I am looking for is intelligent agreement.
Ayn Rand