Hank, this is great." "Yes." He said it simply, openly. There was no flattered pleasure in his voice, and no modesty. This, she knew, was a tribute to her, the rarest one person could pay another: the tribute of feeling free to acknowledge one's own greatness, knowing that it is understood.
Ayn RandThe Romanticists predominantly, were enemies of capitalism, which they regarded as a prosaic, materialistic, โpetty bourgeoisโ system โ never realizing that it was the only system that could make freedom, individuality and the pursuit of values possible in practice.
Ayn RandThe symbol of all relationships among such men, the moral symbol of respect for human beings, is the trader. We, who live by values, not by loot, are traders, both in matter and in spirit. A trader is a man who earns what he gets and does not give or take the undeserved.
Ayn Rand