The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not directed at private citizens, but against the government-as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power.

I am an intransigent atheist, though not a militant one. This means that I am not fighting against religion - I am fighting for reason.

Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did mankind.

Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.

In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose-a productive purpose.

She had won the battle against her memories. But one form of torture remained, untouched by the years, the torture of the word "why?

Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding star and the loadstone which point the way. They point in but one direction. They point to me.