Quotes from Leonard Peikoff

Socialism" for the Nazis denotes the principle of collectivism as such and its corollary, statism—in every field of human action, including but not limited to economics. "To be a socialist," says Goebbels, "is to submit the I to the thou; socialism is sacrificing the individual to the whole."9

Under communism, there is collective ownership of property de jure. Under Nazism, there is the same collective ownership de facto.

The language and themes of the classics are too difficult for today's students to grasp; one does not teach Shakespeare to savages, or to civilized children being turned into savages.

I say close down the schools of education. At most, all that is required is a one-year post-high school course on practical advice: tips on motivating;

The victim's submission to utter senselessness becomes the defeat of sense. His obeisance to absurdity becomes the refutation of logic.

The worse the coming future, the more it should motivate its opponents.