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“This is John Galt speaking”
"Sweepasidethoseparasitesofsubsidizedclassrooms,wholiveontheprofitsofthemindofothersandproclaimthatmanneedsnomorality,novalues,nocodeofbehavior.They,whoposeasscientistsandclaimthatmanisonlyananimal,donotgranthiminclusioninthelawofexistencetheyhavegrantedtothelowestofinsects.Theyrecognizethateverylivingspecieshasawayofsurvivaldemandedbyitsnature,theydonotclaimthatafishcanliveoutofwaterorthatadogcanlivewithoutitssenseofsmell—butman,theyclaim,themostcomplexofbeings,mancansurviveinanywaywhatever,manhasnoidentity,nonature,andthere’snopracticalreasonwhyhecannotlivewithhismeansofsurvivaldestroyed,withhismindthrottledandplacedatthedisposalofanyorderstheymightcaretoissue.
"Sweepasidethosehatred-eatenmystics,whoposeasfriendsofhumanityandpreachthatthehighestvirtuemancanpracticeistoholdhisownlifeasofnovalue.Dotheytellyouthatthepurposeofmoralityistocurbman’sinstinctofself-preservation?Itisforthepurposeofself-preservationthatmanneedsacodeofmorality.Theonlymanwhodesirestobemoralisthemanwhodesirestolive.
"No,youdonothavetolive;itisyourbasicactofchoice;butifyouchoosetolive,youmustliveasaman—bytheworkandthejudgmentofyourmind.
"No,youdonothavetoliveasaman;itisanactofmoralchoice.
