Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

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

The way you think about yourself determines your reality. You are not being hurt by the way people think about you. Many of those people are a reflection of how you think about yourself.

Being insulted again and again it doesn't mean that you haven't self respect. It means that you value someone most.

The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.

If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

i dunno," i said, "but i have an idea that people who don't think too much tend to look younger longer

There's nothing like white trash at the White House.

The city of Hiroshima stands as more than a monument to massive death and destruction. It stands as a living testament to the necessity for progress toward nuclear disarmament.

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.

The exceptional life depends not on working harder, but on different, even opposite, actions from habit and the crowd.

Say, thou art mine; and ever, My love, as it begins, shall so persevere