Whoever, to whatever purpose or extent, initiates the use of force, is a killer acting on the premise of death in a manner wider than murder: the premise of destroying man's capacity to live.

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

Darkness is a place that encourages us to seek light.

I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there like air or food or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

I don't enjoy anything while I'm doing it. I enjoy having done things, though.

When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?

Pard, we will meet again in the Happy Hunting Ground To part no more, Goodbye