Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefore, its leaders, its integrators and its bodyguards.

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

You think terrible things happened on the battlefields, but terrible things happened in ordinary suburban homes.

The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality.

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

I'd always been a fan growing up, and in high school, I was really into Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen.

It's pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.

A suppressed resolve will betray itself in the eyes.

I often times find with movies that the heavier the onscreen situation is, the more levity there is off screen. It's almost out of necessity.

I now understand that my welfare is only possible if I acknowledge my unity with all the people of the world without exception.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.