The anti-individualist enemies that Ayn Rand battled are still the enemy, but they've shifted their line of attack. Political collectivists are no longer much interested in taking things away from the wealthy and creative.
The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.
Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.
Our regulatory bodies strive to create honest dealings, fair trades, and a situation in which no one has an advantage over anyone else. But human beings aren't honest. And all trades are made because one person thinks he's getting the better of the other, and the other person thinks the same.
A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.
The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him.
As a former writer for the 'National Lampoon,' I've probably contributed to the sea of sarcasm in which we live.
Satire doesn't effect change.
There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the self, as it were, itself.
Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
I myself am a parent in a small business. Number of employees: one.
America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don't think that way. We don't think much at all, thank God.
Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.