Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.

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

English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows.

I can't tell you how may beautiful women have broken up with me because they were bored. I can't tell you because it never happened. They all adored me." "It was your humility, wasn't it?

Women are women, and hurray for that.

The future should be exciting, you know? It shouldn't be a nerve-wracking experience.

For a nothing, Charlie Brown, you're really something!

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.

True greatness depends on total wisdom. The real lesson is to learn to love.

If you have not clung to a broken piece of your old ship in the dark night of the soul, your faith may not have the sustaining power to carry you through to the end of the journey.

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.