Атлант расправил плечи
Anti-Life
Youalwaystalkaboutmywork,butyoudon’tunderstanditatall,it’ssomuchwiderthanyouimagine.Youthinkthatrunningarailroadisamatteroftracklayingandfancymetalsandgettingtrainsthereontime.Butit’snot.
Anyunderlingcandothat.TherealheartofarailroadisinWashington.Myjobispolitics.Politics.Decisionsmadeonanationalscale,affectingeverything,controllingeverybody.Afewwordsonpaper,adirective—changingthelifeofeverypersonineverynook,crannyandpenthouseofthiscountry!"
"Yes,Jim,"shesaid,wishingtobelievethathewas,perhaps,amanofstatureinthemysteriousrealmofWashington.
"You’llsee,"hesaid,pacingtheroom."Youthinkthey’repowerful—thosegiantsofindustrywho’resocleverwithmotorsandfurnaces?
They’llbestopped!They’llbestripped!They’llbebroughtdown!They’llbe—"Henoticedthewayshewasstaringathim."It’snotforourselves,"hesnappedhastily,"it’sforthepeople.That’sthedifferencebetweenbusinessandpolitics—wehavenoselfishendsinview,noprivatemotives,we’renotafterprofit,wedon’tspendourlivesscramblingformoney,wedon’thaveto!That’swhywe’reslanderedandmisunderstoodbyallthegreedyprofit-chaserswhocan’tconceiveofaspiritualmotiveoramoralidealor...Wecouldn’thelpit!"hecriedsuddenly,whirlingtoher.
