I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.