# Quote — Ayn Rand, The Voice of Reason

> Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did mankind.

- Author: [Ayn Rand](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ayn-rand.md)
- Book: [The Voice of Reason](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ayn-rand/the-voice-of-reason.md)
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> A culture is made — or destroyed — by its articulate voices.

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> Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of competitors into a given field, by legislative action.

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