Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men's protection, and the base of a moral existence.
Ayn RandOnly the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love.
Ayn RandUnjust laws have to be fought ideologically; they cannot be fought or corrected by means of mere disobedience and futile martyrdom.
Ayn RandMy morality, the morality of reason, is contained in a single axiom: existence exists - and in a single choice: to live.
Ayn RandThe conservatives see man as a body freely roaming the earth, building sand piles or factories - with an electronic computer inside his skull, controlled from Washington. The liberals see man as a soul freewheeling to the farthest reaches of the universe - but wearing chains from nose to toes when he crosses the street to buy a loaf of bread.
Ayn Rand