The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds.

True knowledge is knowledge of why things are as they are, and not merely what they are.

The underlying assumption that human nature is basically the same at all times, everywhere, and obeys eternal laws beyond human control, is a conception that only a handful of bold thinkers have dared to question.

Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.

Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions.

The trouble with academics and commentators is that they care more about whether ideas are interesting than whether they are true.