A culture is made – or destroyed – by its articulate voices.
You don’t have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is–say it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
We are born into this world unarmed – our mind is our only weapon.
Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others.
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
No one’s happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.
When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.
Love is our response to our highest values.
I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested in politics.
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
I’m working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life.
Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.
I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows.
It is the basic, metaphysical fact of man’s nature – the connection between his survival and his use of reason – that capitalism recognizes and protects.
Capitalism has been called a system of greed – yet it is the system that raised the standard of living of its poorest citizens to heights no collectivist system has ever begun to equal, and no tribal gang can conceive of.
The creed of sacrifice is a morality for the immoral.
To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.
All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
I am opposed to all forms of control. I am for an absolute, laissez-faire, free, unregulated economy.