#aw

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. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#becomes #breaking #crack #crime #criminals

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

#existence #free #his #laws #man

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#individual rights #law #means #moral #moral law

Rights are not a matter of numbers - and there can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#forbidden #individual #law #matter #mob

Awards are only a publicity gimmick. ↗

— Tony Randall

#gimmick #only #publicity

So many people have won Emmys, so many people have won multiple Emmys that I think it's a degraded award. ↗

— Tony Randall

#degraded #emmys #i #i think #many

You mustn't take any award so seriously. ↗

— Tony Randall

#award #mustn #seriously #take #you

I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#campaign #going #i #proud #record

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#actions #amongst #ballot #ballot box #box

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#back #big #big head #getting #head