The philanthropist, the politician, and the pimp are inevitably found in alliance because they have the same motives, they seek the same ends, to exist for, through, and by others.

As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.

A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state.

The only way to prevent prostitution altogether would be to imprison one half of the human race.

People mostly do as they like, and that would be fine if they'd let other people do the same.

Freedom is dangerous. Possibly crawling on all fours might be safer than standing upright, but we like the view better up there.

The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important.

The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action.

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.

Do you think nobody would willingly entrust his children to you or pay you for teaching them? Why do you have to extort your fees and collect your pupils by compulsion?

The military state is the final form to which every planned economy tends rapidly.

Wait, " said Butler. "Just wait, Holly. Artemis has a plan." He squinted through the green dome. "What is your plan, Artemis?"All Artemis could do was smile and shrug.

Choose your sacred-journey.

[He] used to be so insignificant that one literally felt alone in his presence.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.

The best movies have one sentence that they're exploring, a thesis, something that people can argue about over dinner afterward.

My greatest weapon is mute prayer.

If you just believe in me. I will love you endlessly.

You find ways to push yourself into the sound through repetition. It doesn't stay the same. It morphs constantly.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast