My morality, the morality of reason, is contained in a single axiom: existence exists - and in a single choice: to live.

Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.

The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. They come to be accepted by degrees, by dint of constant pressure on one side and constant retreat on the other - until one day when they are suddenly declared to be the country's official ideology.

Each man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Don't rely on our knowledge of what's best for your future. We do know, but it can't be best until you know it.

In order to fight any issue, it is necessary to fight for something, not merely against something.