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.

I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.

If a drought strikes them, animals perish--man builds irrigation canals; if a flood strikes them, animals perish--man builds dams; if a carnivorous pack attacks them, animals perish--man writes the Constitution of the United States.

There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.

I consider promiscuity immoral. Not because sex is evil, but because sex is too good and too important.

Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade.

Do not open your mouth to tell me that your mind has convinced you of your right to force my mind. Force and mind are opposites. Morality ends where a gun begins.