He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality, marking vulnerable points.

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 valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity.

Not knowing all of the conventions of beauty, he [Tom Thomson] found it all beautiful.

This whole world is mind's world, the product of the mind.

The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isnt it?

I am committed to protecting our country against the threat of terrorism.

I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.

I've never been much given to little social cliques.

It was like hiking into a Hemingway story; everything was sepia-toned and bristling with subtext.

I love a happy ending. They are so rare.

Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill more Japs!