It is morally obscene to regard wealth as an anonymous, tribal product and to talk about 'redistributing' it.

Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is not. His mind is given to him, its content is not. To remain alive, he must act, and before he can act he must know the nature and purpose of his action. He cannot obtain his food without a knowledge of food and of the way to obtain it. He cannot dig a ditch-or build a cyclotron-without a knowledge of his aim and of the means to achieve it. To remain alive, he must think

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

Morality pertains only to the sphere of man's free will - only to those actions which are open to his choice.

It's the hardest thing in the world - to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kinds of courage.

I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered-and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life.

America's founding Ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more - and nothing less.