Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.
Ayn RandEvery aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.
Ayn Randto rest one's case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one's enemies- that one has no rational arguments to offer.
Ayn RandEconomic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury, imprisonment, destruction. The businessman's tool is values; the bureaucrat's tool is fear.
Ayn Rand