Ayn Rand more than anyone else did a fantastic job of explaining the morality of capitalism, the morality of individualism.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.

And to this day, my Mom is my role model.

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

Do not run away from your challenges. You must endure and overcome each challenge.

You will find a job, if you are willing to work.

Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

I think people are just haters. When they see people doing well, some people, if there's something wrong, they'll pick at that.

I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder.

Things that are worth doing are never easy.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

All error, not merely verbal, is a strong way of stating that the current truth is incomplete.

In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.

It just so happens that my body type and my lifestyle gives me a preclusion for high blood sugars.