The degree of a country's freedom is the degree of its prosperity.

What is man? He's just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made an error, but the purpose remains the same and the forms are ours to make.

You will follow me, if we are what we are, you and I, if we live, if the world exists, if you know the meaning of this moment and can't let it slip by, as others let it slip, into the senselessness of the unwilled and unreached.

A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others.

In the temple of his spirit, each man is alone.