The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.

A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.

Capitalism has been called nationalistic - yet it is the only system that banished ethnicity, and made it possible, in the United States, for men of various, formerly antagonistic nationalities to live together in peace.

It is easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement.

"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

You don't love causes. You don't love everybody indiscriminately. You love only those who deserve it.

I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth or reason. They cannot be reached by a rational argument. The mind is powerless against them. Yet we have to deal with them. If we want to accomplish anything, we have to deceive them into letting us accomplish it. Or force them. They understand nothing else. We cannot expect their support for any endeavor of the intellect, for any goal of the spirit. They are nothing but vicious animals. They are greedy, self-indulgent, predatory dollar-chasers