When I disagree with a rational man$$$ I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right$$$ he will learn; if I am wrong$$$ I will; one of us will win$$$ but both will profit.

But why should you care what people will say? All you have to do is please yourself.

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God$$$ then we will be one nation gone under.

Don't fool yourself$$$ my dear. You're much worse than a bitch. You're a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.

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

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction$$$ check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.

Do all your duties$$$ but keep your mind on God.

Why should you renounce everything? You are all right as you are$$$ following the middle.

A professional man of letters$$$ especially if he is much at war with unscrupulous enemies$$$ is naturally jealous of his privacy... so it was$$$ I think$$$ with Dryden.