The men who attempt to survive, not by means of reason, but by means of force, are attempting to survive by the method of animals.

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

With the grace of hopeful heart, you can overcome emotional shocks.

Writing is an incurable psychological disease which only gets worse with writing.

I would love to play the lead in a big romantic comedy. That's definitely a dream of mine.

Get out of the way as quickly as you're not needed.

Only a fairy tale calls a constant condition 'happiness'.

If you're in high school, just know there is a big world out there and you can be anyone you want to be.

I'm accepted by God and it has nothing to do with me.

I like to figure out what the production opportunities are for the things I'm interested in before I put pen to paper.

It is only within a free society that the crucial moral features of human life can be protected and preserved

By the apostle Paul, shadows tonight Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers.