If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others, but immoral when experienced by you?... Why is it immoral for your to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce… — John Galt Copy Share Image
If there are degrees of evil, it is hard to say who is more contemptible: the brute who assumes the right to force the mind of others or the moral degenerate who grants to others the right to force his… — John Galt Copy Share Image
From the time of the North Briton of the unprincipled Wilkes , a notion has been entertained that the moral spine in Scotland is… — John Galt Copy Share Image
In a word, man in London is not quite so good a creature as he is out of it. — John Galt Copy Share Image
Your mind is your only judge of truth-and if others dissent from your verdict, reality is the court of final appeal. — John Galt Copy Share Image
Every form of causeless self-doubt, every feeling of inferiority and secret unworthiness is, in fact, man's hidden dread of his inability to deal with… — John Galt Copy Share Image
All property and all forms of wealth are produced by man's mind and labor. — John Galt Copy Share Image
Man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it. — John Galt Copy Share Image
A trader is a man who earns what he gets and does not give or take the undeserved. — John Galt Copy Share Image
I do not enter discussions with neighbors who think they can forbid me to think. I do not place my moral sanction upon a… — John Galt Copy Share Image
I want every fan of Rand to hear [Polaha] say the classic Galt phrase: “I swear by my life and my love of it… — John Galt Copy Share Image
If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others, but immoral when experienced by you?... Why is it immoral for… — John Galt Copy Share Image