"Dagny, there's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work....The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard." {Francisco to Dagny}

"But you need the products of a man's ability-yet you proclaim that productive ability is a selfish evil.....You live by that which you denouce as evil and punish that which you know to be good." {Rearden's thoughts while talking with Dr. Ferris}......[Taylor's comment: Next to an Obamista tells you corporations are self-serving plutocrats, ask them who would produce to satisfy their so-called "selfish interests"]

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them." {Dr. Ferris to Rearden}

"They say it's hard for men to agree. You'd be surprised how easy it is-when both parties hold as their moral absolute that neither exists for the sake of the other and that reason is their only means of trade." {Hugh Akston to Dagny Taggard}