People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray load of suffering which seemed so inexplicable and unnecessary. He had never been able to understand why men should be unhappy.

The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others.

The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.

Your eyes are as a flame, but our brothers have neither hope nor fire. Your mouth is cut of granite, but our brothers are soft and humble. Your head is high, but our brothers cringe. You walk, but our brothers crawl. We wish to be damned with you, rather than blessed with all our brothers. Do as you please with us, but do not send us away from you.

It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money.

The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. It is the institution of private property that protects and implements the right to disagree - and thus keeps the road open to man's most valuable attribute: the creative mind.

If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and condemned to slave labor.