Who was it that said he needed a fulcrum? Give me an unobstructed right-of-way and I'll show them how to move the earth!

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

Practice unfettered living from the heart, abandoning all self-imposed limitations to emerge a new, creativity unleashed, giving of yourself like never before.

This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before.

I think [Ann Coulter] understands that, she's Pavlov's dog. She gets the corn kernel if she hits that drum once in a while.

I don't know one Jewish person that doesn't want to have a deal, a good deal, a proper deal, but a really good deal.

When you defile the pleasant streams, And the wild bird's abiding place, You massacre a million dreams, And cast your spittle in God's face

It is human nature to want to exchange ideas, and I believe that, at bottom, every artist wants no more than to tell the world what he has to say.

I'm a gentleman, call me old fashioned if you want.

Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.

Confusion is the first step toward clarity

Sanity? Sorry, but I don't remember having such a useless thing in the first place.