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“This is John Galt speaking”
"Forcenturies,thebattleofmoralitywasfoughtbetweenthosewhoclaimedthatyourlifebelongstoGodandthosewhoclaimedthatitbelongstoyourneighbors—betweenthosewhopreachedthatthegoodisself-sacrificeforthesakeofghostsinheavenandthosewhopreachedthatthegoodisself-sacrificeforthesakeofincompetentsonearth.Andnoonecametosaythatyourlifebelongstoyouandthatthegoodistoliveit.
"Bothsidesagreedthatmoralitydemandsthesurrenderofyourselfinterestandofyourmind,thatthemoralandthepracticalareopposites,thatmoralityisnottheprovinceofreason,buttheprovinceoffaithandforce.Bothsidesagreedthatnorationalmoralityispossible,thatthereisnorightorwronginreason—thatinreasonthere’snoreasontobemoral.
"Whateverelsetheyfoughtabout,itwasagainstman’smindthatallyourmoralistshavestoodunited.Itwasman’smindthatalltheirschemesandsystemswereintendedtodespoilanddestroy.Nowchoosetoperishortolearnthattheanti-mindistheanti-life.
"Man’smindishisbasictoolofsurvival.Lifeisgiventohim,survivalisnot.Hisbodyisgiventohim,itssustenanceisnot.Hismindisgiventohim,itscontentisnot.Toremainalive,hemustact,andbeforehecanacthemustknowthenatureandpurposeofhisaction.Hecannotobtainhisfoodwithoutaknowledgeoffoodandofthewaytoobtainit.
