What objectivity and the study of philosophy requires is not an 'open mind,' but an active mind - a mind able and eagerly willing to examine ideas, but to examine them criticially.

In order to fight any issue, it is necessary to fight for something, not merely against something.

In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their own individual judgments, convictions and interests dictate.

It's because...you see, if we had souls, which we haven't, and if our souls met--yours and mine--they'd fight to the death. But after they had torn each other to pieces, to the very bottom, they'd see that they had the same root.

When you have civilized men fighting savages, you support the civilized men, no matter who they are.

"You were not born to be a second-hander." Howard Roark to Gail Wynand in "The Fountainhead"

Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.