The fact that a man has no claim on others ... does not preclude or prohibit good will among men and does not make it immoral to offer or to accept voluntary, non-sacrificial assistance.

I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life.

I can't compete and when I do, the rules of engagement change in the middle of the game. I'll let the powers that be vanquish themselves and return in three to five years to sift through the remains.

Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made an error, but the purpose remains the same and the forms are ours to make.

Kant is the most evil man in mankind's history.

People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. they did not give or ask for reasons.

Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.