Атлант расправил плечи
By our love
Dagny,learntounderstandthenatureofyourownpowerandyou’llunderstandtheparadoxyounowseearoundyou.Youdonothavetodependonanymaterialpossessions,theydependonyou,youcreatethem,youowntheoneandonlytoolofproduction.Whereveryouare,youwillalwaysbeabletoproduce.Butthelooters—bytheirownstatedtheory—areindesperate,permanent,congenitalneedandattheblindmercyofmatter.Whydon’tyoutakethemattheirword?Theyneedrailroads,factories,mines,motors,whichtheycannotmakeorrun.Ofwhatusewillyourrailroadbetothemwithoutyou?Whoheldittogether?Whokeptitalive?Whosavedit,timeandtimeagain?
WasityourbrotherJames?Whofedhim?Whofedthelooters?Whoproducedtheirweapons?Whogavethemthemeanstoenslaveyou?
Theimpossiblespectacleofshabbylittleincompetentsholdingcontrolovertheproductsofgenius—whomadeitpossible?Whosupportedyourenemies,whoforgedyourchains,whodestroyedyourachievement?"
Themotionthatthrewheruprightwaslikeasilentcry.