Ayn Rand

• 'the question isn't who isn't going to let me, its who is going to stop me'
• Freedom

  The absence of physical coercion.
• Self interest

  Rational selfishness.
• Individualism

  Man is a sovereign entity with a right to ones own life.
• Taxation

  Should be voluntary, a goal for the future.
• Welfare

  No such thing as guaranteed financial security.
• Altruism

  'why must man exist for the sake of others'
• Capitalism

  Full, pure, unregulated capitalism.

  State and economy separated.
• Human Nature

  Positive - humans capable of rationality and should be free to try and achieve their aims. Selfishness natural.
• State

  Small but strong.
• Society

  No society as such, but a collection of interconnected individuals.