“The best is a matter of standards”

“The best standard of living will be attained when your house will be filled with God's blessings.”

“Licking Falls, Ohio, had its own set of standards. They were archaic at best.”

“...when these matters are discussed by practical people, the standard of justice depends on the equality of power to compel...”

“But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen the work I want to do. If I find no joy in it, then I’m only condemning myself to sixty years of torture. And I can find the joy only if I do my work in the best way possible to me. But the best is a matter of standards—and I set my own standards. I inherit nothing. I stand at the end of no tradition. I may, perhaps, stand at the beginning of one.”

“I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.”