She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt.

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

Where there is insistence, there is tenacity and where there is tenacity, there is anguish.

He's a contradiction and that's why he's so perfect.

Heat in her birds of prey fingertips, smoke of gilded flowers in her aureate gorging hair.

You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out.

Nothing is hidden that will not be made known; nothing is secret that will not come to light.

I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.

As a man I am not a killer. I’m an artist and a modern person. I’ll choose sanity.

It must be made possible for the one to live vicariously the life of the many from the beginning.

The mask is torn off, while the reality remains

I’d love to be faster. Physically I’m limited, but I’ve survived by using my head.