These are the things before me. And as I stand here at the door of glory, I look behind me for the last time. I look upon the history of men, which I… - Ayn Rand

To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. This and nothing else.

There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers.

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

Errors of knowledge are not breaches of morality; no proper moral code can demand infallibility or omniscience.

"Rules?" said Roark. "Here are my rules: what can be done with one substance must never be done with another. No two materials are alike. No two sites on earth are alike. No two buildings have the same purpose. The purpose, the site, the material determine the shape. Nothing can be reasonable or beautiful unless it's made by one central idea, and the idea sets every detail. A building is alive, like a man. Its integrity is to follow its own truth, its one single theme, and to serve its own single purpose. A man doesn't borrow pieces of his body. A building doesn't borrow hunks of its soul. Its maker gives it the soul and every wall, window and stairway to express it."