Only the free and personal man is a good citizen (realist), and even with the lack of particular (scholarly, artistic, etc)culture, a tasteful judge (humanist).

The State calls its own violence, law; but that of the individual, crime.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

Freedom cannot be granted. It must be taken.

Whoso is full of sacred (religious, moral, humane) love loves only the spook, the "true man," and persecutes with dull mercilessness the individual, the real man.

We don't call it sin today, we call it self-expression.

Religion itself is without genius. There is no religious genius and no one would be permitted to distinguish between the talented and the untalented in religion.

My power is my property. My power gives me property. My power am I myself, and through it am I my property.

If it is right for me, it is right. It is possible that it is wrong for others: let them take care of themselves!

A race of altruists is necessarily a race of slaves. A race of free men is necessarily a race of egoists.

Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority.

I close my eyes to indulge and reminisce of a sunset that never existed.

Do not let the endless succession of small things crowd great ideals out of sight and out of mind.

Mindless fear is greater than mindful fear.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.

We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.

Life is sad enough without people writing sad books.

My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it.

Nothing is less instructive than a machine.

I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.