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

Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants.

When you have civilized men fighting savages, you support the civilized men, no matter who they are.

For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor.

whose steps were a restless substitute for flight.

She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment one feels when looking at the earth from a plane was the same sense she felt when looking at people: only her distance from people seemed longer. - Dagny Taggart

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.