I have no faith at all. I only hold convictions.

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

We refuse to let our knowledge, however limited, be informed by your ignorance, however vast.

Happiness is not a luxury. It is a necessity. When we are happy, we are in the best possible place to be good to ourselves and those we love.

Every now and then we're going to fail.

Be more concerned about what's right rather than who's right.

To be able to touch lives, and touch a life that you don't even know, is an extraordinary thing.

A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

It's like the mod thing is happening again.

Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly at your service

I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.