In the temple of his spirit, each man is alone. — Ayn Rand

I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire.

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.

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.