“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.”

“Americans tend to play different roles, hoping that somehow they’ll stumble on the right one.”

“Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral.”

“The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and most envied country in the history of the world. The Press tells the American people how awful every other country is and how wonderful the United States is and how evil communism is and how happy they should be to have freedom to buy seven different sorts of detergent.”

“Never have children, only grandchildren.”

“Miss Rand now tells us that what we have thought was right is really wrong. The lesson should have read: One for one and none for all.”

“As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.”