The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.

Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth.

Whenever anyone accuses some person of being 'unfeeling,' he means that that person is just.

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

Litigants obey the verdict of a tribunal solely on the premise that there is an objective rule of conduct, which they both accept.

Psychologically, the choice "to think or not" is the choice "to focus or not." Existentially, the choice "to focus or not" is the choice "to be conscious or not." Metaphysically, the choice "to be conscious or not" is the choice of life or death.

Life is a value to be bought and thinking is the only coin noble enough to buy it.