We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody.

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

For me, serendipity, coincidence and chance are more interesting than any preconceived construct of our human encounters.

Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.

Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong.

I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.

The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.

I always kind of thought I want to be a good person, I want to be right to my fellow men and love them like were supposed to.

It's difficult for a society to have a healthy discourse on its future when people are afraid to gather to express themselves and authorities won't allow it.

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.

Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear.

It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't stop playing the game the way you've always played it.