He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality, marking vulnerable points.

Laissez-faire capitalism is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships.

The men who attempt to survive, not by means of reason, but by means of force, are attempting to survive by the method of animals.

Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.

Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not an ideal; brutality is not "idealistic," no matter what its purpose. Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

A rational man is guided by his thinking - by a process of Reason - not by his feelings and desires.

The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only a policeman, acting as an agent of man's self-defense, and, as such, may only resort to force only against those who start the use of force.