The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind

The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers but the confusion of its enemies. To fight it, we must understand it.

Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that you need the person you love, and that is the greatest compliment, the greatest tribute you can pay to that person.

I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.

There is no such dichotomy as 'human rights' versus 'property rights.' No human rights can exist without property rights.

The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign invaders ... to settle disputes among men according to objective laws ... The greatness of the Founding Fathers was how well they understood this issue and how close some of them came to understanding it perfectly.

I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life.