What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word "We.

Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont

I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.

The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his prime goal within the persons of others. His moral obligation is to do what he wishes, provided his wish does not depend primarily upon other men.

He never felt lonliness except when he was happy.

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

Rulers exist entirely through the persons of others. Their goal is in their subjects, in the activity of enslaving. They are as dependent as the beggar, the social worker and the bandit. The form of dependence does not matter.