A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or controls; it does not sacrifice its knowledge, its view of the truth, to anyone's opinions, threats, wishes, plans.

When you force a man to act against his own choice and judgment, it's his thinking that you want him to suspend.

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

Don't think of them now. Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them. You're here. It's our time and our life, not theirs. Don't struggle not to be happy. You are." - John Gault

I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself.

There is no such dichotomy as 'human rights' versus 'property rights.' No human rights can exist without property rights.

I am opposed to all forms of control. I am for an absolute, laissez-faire, free, unregulated economy.