“The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.”

A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.

Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.

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

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.

People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.

Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.

Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue.

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?

Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.

A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.

Entrepreneurs and rowers show characteristics of curiosity and wanting to learn.

When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.

Patience and persistence are two characteristics that differentiate the professional from the amateur.

Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to take advantage of its good characteristics and avoid the areas where it is not so good.