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“This is John Galt speaking”
"Totheextenttowhichamanisrational,lifeisthepremisedirectinghisactions.Totheextenttowhichheisirrational,thepremisedirectinghisactionsisdeath.
"Youwhoprattlethatmoralityissocialandthatmanwouldneednomoralityonadesertisland—itisonadesertislandthathewouldneeditmost.Lethimtrytoclaim,whentherearenovictimstopayforit,thatarockisahouse,thatsandisclothing,thatfoodwilldropintohismouthwithoutcauseoreffort,thathewillcollectaharvesttomorrowbydevouringhisstockseedtoday—andrealitywillwipehimout,ashedeserves;realitywillshowhimthatlifeisavaluetobeboughtandthatthinkingistheonlycoinnobleenoughtobuyit.
"IfIweretospeakyourkindoflanguage,Iwouldsaythatman’sonlymoralcommandmentis:Thoushallthink.Buta‘moralcommandment’isacontradictioninterms.Themoralisthechosen,nottheforced;theunderstood,nottheobeyed.Themoralistherational,andreasonacceptsnocommandments.
"Mymorality,themoralityofreason,iscontainedinasingleaxiom:existenceexists—andinasinglechoice:tolive.Therestproceedsfromthese.Tolive,manmustholdthreethingsasthesupremeandrulingvaluesofhislife:Reason—Purpose—Self-esteem.
