There is no hope for the world unless and until we formulate, accept and state publicly a true moral code of individualism, based on man's inalienable right to live for himself. Neither to hurt nor to serve his brothers, but to be independent of them in his function and in his motive. Neither to sacrifice them for himself nor to sacrifice himself for them.

The men who attempt to survive, not by means of reason, but by means of force, are attempting to survive by the method of animals.

There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work.

If you get caught at some crucial point and somebody tells you that your doctrine doesn't make sense - you're ready for him. You tell him there's something above sense. That here he must not try to think, he must feel. He must believe. Suspend reason and you can play it deuces wild.

A rational man is guided by his thinking - by a process of Reason - not by his feelings and desires.

You don't know how hard I've tried to be left standing all by myself.

Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force.