I am not morally obligated to care more for a man than he cares for himself.

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

I feel genius in great works of art. I have seen medical cures that science can't explain, some seemingly triggered by faith. The same is true of millions of other people.

I think personal power is having the availability to say, 'No' to something, whatever that may be.

If it looks stupid on a rooster, it's probably gonna look stupid on you.

The dream is free...but the journey will cost you something.

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of Americas foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes the region.

I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf.

The loss of memory isn't always the problem; sometimes--maybe even often--it's the solution.

That's the only way I could describe the music. It was the sonic equivalent of flight

What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another.