I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.

One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary.

There's something I want you to know,' said Cherryl, her voice taut and harsh, 'so that there won't be any pretending about it. I'm not going to put on the sweet relative act. I know what you've done to Jim and how you've made him miserable all his life. I'm going to protect him against you. I'll put you in your place. I'm Mrs. Taggart. I'm the woman in this family now.' 'That's quite all right,' said Dagny. 'I'm the man.

All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative.

Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.