“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.”
Government
“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
MotivationalAll Quotes by Ayn Rand
“A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.”
Architecture“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
Government“So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?”
Money“Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.”
Alone“Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.”
Men“The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.”
Men“To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'”
Love“If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.”
Men“Upper classes are a nation's past the middle class is its future.”
Future“I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
Life“When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.”
Hope“Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.”
Power“I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.”
Architecture“Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.”
Good“Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.”
Business“To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.”
Power“Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter.”
Life“When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.”
Learning“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.”
Happiness