The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a few ounces of marijuana in their jeans simply makes no sense - the kindest way...
She [Ayn Rand] had to declare that....altruism was despicable, that only self-interest is good and noble. (About Ayn Rand)
I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.
I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.
A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'
Human progress is achieved by taking exact measurements.
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.
To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.
Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them
I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.
For people who like that sort of thing, that's the sort of thing they like.
Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.