If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose . . . the fact that they were the people who created the phrase "to make money." No other language or nation had ever used these words before. . . . Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created.
Ayn RandMany words have been granted me, and some are wise, and some are false, but only three are holy: "I will it!
Ayn RandShe knew that she could not have reached this white serenity except as the sum of all the colors, of all the violence she had known.
Ayn RandIndividual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.
Ayn Rand