Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made an error, but the purpose remains the same and the forms are ours to make.

Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched".

There are no evil thoughts except one; the refusal to think.

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

This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch distinction as he has managed not to achieve.

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. When unlimited and unrestricted by individual rights, a government is man's deadliest enemy. It is not as protection against private actions, but against governmental actions that the Bill of Rights was written.

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice