I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire.

America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

Compromise now, because you'll have to later, anyway, only then you'll have gone through things you'll wish you hadn't.

Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.

All work is an act of philosophy.

Capitalism was the only system in history where wealth was not acquired by looting, but by production, not by force, but by trade, the only system that stood for man's right to his own mind, to his work, to his life, to his happiness, to himself.

She stood at the window, her arms spread wide, holding on to each side of the frame, it was as if she held a piece of the city.