It was six AM. Except for one lone boat, the ocean was vacant and its waters calm - the sky clear. To the west, the last of the stars were fading. Five hours of sleep was all he allowed himself; to the music of Raison he awoke to continue a line of thought of the previous eve. The physical body of this teen mirrored the condition of his mind - strong, vibrant and compelling - bared to its essential form through focused effort. Moving to the bow's rail, he raised his eyes to the approaching dawn.

There are times when a mind binds together experience, knowledge and desire, to construct a plan of action - this was one such time. He now knew what he must do ...

I am a citizen of a Republic, not the subject of a Democracy. [author unknown]

The state is the great fiction by which everybody tries to live at the expense of everybody else. [Frederic Bastiat]

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). [Ayn Rand]

Morality based on faith has the consequence that any charismatic leader, whether of peaceful intent or dominated by lust for power, can enjoin those individuals who abdicate their own rational judgement or seek justification to use force against others. Morality based on reason requires that each person confirm the validity of his own right to exist and the necessary consequences of that judgement, including the natural right of others to exist. [Carl Segor]