I am interested in politics only in order to secure and protect freedom.

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

Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence are one.

Fight with me again and let us prove that we will keep what is ours! - Corin

The ground had opened up and spit out hell, Nell thought, and the detritus was Shiloh.

I always want my guests to be happy and impressed.

Hot oil! We need hot oil!... Forget the water balloons!

The first man who compared woman to a rose was a poet; the second, an imbecile.

In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed.

I feel like you've got to go through some things in order to get somewhere. He [GOD] took me through nearly seven years of hell, but allowed me to grow and mature into a man and true professional.

I'm doing my job. I'm doing what's expected out of me, and I'm proud of the way I've been able to perform and contribute.

Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.