The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

It's not a question of who will allow me to do it, it's a question of who will stop me.

If the Humanists wish to be champions of reason, they should consider the following: just as they would not admit mystics into their camp, since no rational discussion is possible with men who substitute supernatural revelations for rational evidence-so they cannot admit advocates of force into their camp, because no rational discussion or agreement is possible with men who substitute guns for rational persuasion.

Self-esteem is reliance on ones power to think.

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

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves the moral character of another person.