Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority…

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Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises....

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises....

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live...

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live...

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop...

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop...

An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a...

An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a...

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public,...

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public,...

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is...

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is...

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose,...

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose,...

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government...

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven, but not those who lack the courage...

Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven, but not those who lack the courage...

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to...

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to...

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back...

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back...