Civilization is the progress toward a society of p... -Ayn Rand

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

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Ayn Rand was a prominent writer and philosopher known for her influential works exploring individualism, objectivism, and rational self-interest. Her writings continue to provoke intellectual discussions and have left a lasting impact on philosophical and political discourse.

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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others....
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision....
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject....
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 m...
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it....
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the ...
When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is....
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarme...
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 ...
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom....

Men Quotes to Explore

Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot ...
The Beatles were from Liverpool. It's a hard town. The Stones weren't the hard men. They just dressed up. The Beatles were the hard men....
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good....
It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God ...
I've always believed that no officer's life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in the rear... Offic...
More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent....
While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not ...
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men....
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so....
Women may fall when there's no strength in men....