To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims.
Ayn RandThe great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time.
Ayn RandNot selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows himself to be dishonest, but others think heโs honest and he derives his self-respect from that, second-hand. The man who takes credit for an achievement which is not his own. He knows himself to be mediocre, but heโs great in the eyes of others.
Ayn Rand