In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death... - Ayn Rand

"Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration."

"Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor--by our love for a single value, for the highest potentiality of our own existence--and every achievement is an expression of it."

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

"Man is an end in himself."

"The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity."