Ayn Rand — "The purpose of morality is to teach you not to suffer and die, but to enjoy your…"

"A culture is not the sum of its average, but of its best."

"I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the…"

"The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master."

"Equality, in the sense of political equality, is equality before the law. But equality of income, equality of property, equality of privilege, equality of anything else, is not equality; it is slavery…"

"The moral justification of capitalism is man's right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself."