All John Galt Quotes
- Government power is always abused by seizing and perverting the law. And with few exceptions, government always determines what is law. Abuse
- I do not enter discussions with neighbors who think they can forbid me to think. I do not place my moral sanction upon a murderer's… Answer
- Evil is impotent and has no power but that which we let it extort from us. Evil
- A trader does not squander his body as fodder or his soul as alms. Alms
- A trader is a man who earns what he gets and does not give or take the undeserved. Doe
- Whenever a man denounces the mind, it is because his goal is of a nature the mind would not permit him to confess. Confess
- Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. Basic
- There can be no causeless love or any sort of causeless emotion. An emotion is a response to a fact of reality, an estimate dictated… Any
- 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… Assumes
- Discard the protective rags of that vice which you called a virtue: humility. Learn to value yourself, which means: to FIGHT for your happiness, and… All
- I will stop the motor of the world. Inspirational
- Your mind is your only judge of truth-and if others dissent from your verdict, reality is the court of final appeal. Appeal
- Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice-and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or suicidal… Accepted
- As there can be no causeless wealth, so there can be no causeless love or any sort of causeless emotion. Any
- I seek no values by means of evil, nor do I surrender my values to evil. Evil
- An attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act of raising your victims to a position higher than reality. Act
- Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is… Act
- Man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it. Cannot Survive
- The self you have betrayed is your mind; self-esteem is reliance on one’s power to think. The ego you seek, that essential “you” which you… Any
- Whatever he was-that robot in the Garden of Eden, who existed without mind, without values, without labor, without love-he was not man. Eden
- No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. Acquire
- Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you… Accordingly
- Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned-that… Achievement
- 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… Desire
- I want every fan of Rand to hear [Polaha] say the classic Galt phrase: “I swear by my life and my love of it that… Another Man