“A free economy will not break down.  All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure that is always offered… is more of the same poisons that caused the disasters.”

– Ayn Rand, on the Great Depression

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“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.”

– Ayn Rand

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“Evil requires the sanction of the victim.”

– Ayn Rand

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“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 hand off.”

- Ayn Rand

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