I'm not brave enough to be a coward; I see the consequences too clearly.

I guard my treasures: my thoughts, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom.

Collectivism means the subjugation of the individual to a group - whether to a race, class or state does not matter. Collectivism holds that man must be chained to collective action and collective thought for the sake of what is called 'the common good'.

These are the things before me. And as I stand here at the door of glory, I look behind me for the last time. I look upon the history of men, which I have learned from the books, and I wonder. It was a long story, and the spirit which moved it was the spirit of man’s freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man’s freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. This and nothing else.

Who was it that said he needed a fulcrum? Give me an unobstructed right-of-way and I'll show them how to move the earth!

The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others.

She was incapable of love for any object not of her own choice and she resented anyone's demand for it.