Атлант расправил плечи
“This is John Galt speaking”
Itisonlywithyourownknowledgethatyoucandeal.Itisonlyyourownknowledgethatyoucanclaimtopossessoraskotherstoconsider.Yourmindisyouronlyjudgeoftruth—andifothersdissentfromyourverdict,realityisthecourtoffinalappeal.Nothingbutaman’smindcanperformthatcomplex,delicate,crucialprocessofidentificationwhichisthinking.Nothingcandirecttheprocessbuthisownjudgment.Nothingcandirecthisjudgmentbuthismoralintegrity.
"Youwhospeakofa‘moralinstinct’asifitweresomeseparateendowmentopposedtoreason—man’sreasonishismoralfaculty.Aprocessofreasonisaprocessofconstantchoiceinanswertothequestion:TrueorFalse?—RightorWrong?Isaseedtobeplantedinsoilinordertogrow—rightorwrong?Isaman’swoundtobedisinfectedinordertosavehislife—rightorwrong?Doesthenatureofatmosphericelectricitypermitittobeconvertedintokineticpower—rightorwrong?Itistheanswerstosuchquestionsthatgaveyoueverythingyouhave—andtheanswerscamefromaman’smind,amindofintransigentdevotiontothatwhichisright.
"Arationalprocessisamoralprocess.Youmaymakeanerroratanystepofit,withnothingtoprotectyoubutyourownseverity,oryoumaytrytocheat,tofaketheevidenceandevadetheeffortofthequest—butifdevotiontotruthisthehallmarkofmorality,thenthereisnogreater,nobler,moreheroicformofdevotionthantheactofamanwhoassumestheresponsibilityofthinking.
