Ayn Rand Quotes

I like being in control of making all the major decisions pertaining to my projects. That's something that you don't get to do in a group. Everything has to be voted on - every minor decision.

I would not like a king who could obey.

He did not care which direction the car was travelling, so long as he was in the driver’s seat.

Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.

I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas.

I can still boss people around. I can still write. I can still read. I can still eat, and I can still have very strong views.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

Professional sports are something they can't control.

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

I enjoy being in control, having a lot of creative control.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you.

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.

Why do I want somebody to tell me what to do, tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to be the boss.

Sovereignty means that you’ve been given sovereignty

I loved being governor. It’s like running your own little country.

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.

You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything he’s no longer in your power — he’s free again.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority.

… the true individualist must regard power over others as preeminently something to be loathed and shunned.

The American revolution was a struggle for home rule but also for who should rule at home.

I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.