So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive? . . . Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability.

Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.

Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?

Now you see, Dr. Stadler, you're speaking as if this book were addressing to a thinking audience. If it were, one would have to be concerned with such matters as accuracy, validity, logic and the prestige of science. But it isn't. It's addressed to the public.

And, after all, you’ve got to live.”“Not that way,” said Roark.