p.61 He [Roark] was usually disliked, from the first sight of his face, anywhere he went. His face was closed like the door of a safety vault; things locked in safety vaults are valuable; men did not care to feel that. He was a cold, disquieting presence in the room; his presence had a strange quality: it made itself felt and yet it made them feel that he was not there; or perhaps that he was and they weren't.

Nobody has ever given a reason why men should be their brother's keepers.

Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

Economics departments are dominated by Marxism, which is taken straight or on the rocks, in the form of Keynesianism.

It stands to reason that if sacrifices are being given, somebody is collecting sacrifices.

Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men.