Aquinas brought an Aristotelian view of reason back into European culture, and lighted the way toward the Renaissance.

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.

You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

But I don't think of you. - Howard Roark

But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.

I don't seek power and do not run around

To me, the camera is like a musical instrument. You use it to control the flow, shape, size and colors of images.

The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.

If there is such a thing as sin in this world, I think it must be shutting oneself up against hope.

I did say that in-group, authority and purity are necessary for the maintenance of order, but I would never give them a blanket endorsement.

You've always been a tourist here. You just didn't know it.

I'm sorry; I ruin people's interviews because I just talk about rubbish.

Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they turn out the same

Runners don't run with their legs, they run ON their legs. In reality, they run with their Arms!