He stepped to the window and pointed to the skyscrapers of the city. He said that we had to extinguish the lights of the world, and when we would see the lights of New York go out, we would know that our job was done.
Ayn RandThe man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
Ayn RandYou don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, isโsay it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Ayn RandI can say-not as a patriotic bromide, but with full knowledge of the necessary metaphysical, epistemological , ethical, political and esthetic roots-that the United States of America is the greatest, the noblest and, in its original founding principles, the only moral country in the history of the world.
Ayn Rand