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Ayn Rand Quotes about Power

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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

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.

Wisdom, Power, Men

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.334, Hamilton Books

The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of a planned economy crudely into the open. The main characteristic of socialism (and of communism) is public ownership of the means of production, and, therefore, the abolition of private property. The right to property is the right of use and disposal. Under fascism, men retain the semblance or pretense of private property, but the government holds total power over its use and disposal.

Mean, Power, Men

Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.

Weed, Power, Lust

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.798, Hamilton Books

No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.

Happiness, Power, Overcoming Addiction

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.610, Hamilton Books

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

Strength, Power, Men

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.604, Hamilton Books

Every man builds his world in his own image; he has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. If he abdicates his power, he abdicates the status of man, and the grinding chaos of the irrational is what he achieves as his sphere of existence—by his own choice.

Power, Men, Escaping

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.604, Hamilton Books

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.

Life, Power, Needs

Ayn Rand (2012). “Study Guide: Anthem (Study Gudie and Book)”, p.101, BookCaps Study Guides

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.

Real, Power, Needs

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