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• Man's ego is the fountainhead of the human achievement. -- Ayn Rand
• It had to be said: the world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrifice.
  -- Howard Roark, in Ayn Rand's _The Fountainhead_...
• and we must consider, that since -- unfortunately -- we are forced to live togethe
  he most important thing for us to remember is that the only way in which we can have any law at all is to have as little of it as possible....
• Are we to understand," asked the judge, "that you hold your own interests above the interests of the public?
  "I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals." -- Ayn Rand...
• Civilization is a slow process of adopting the ideas of minorities.
• If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and .
  .. if I were asked to serve the interests of society apart from, above and against my own I would refuse....
• The challenge of space exploration and particularly of landing men on the moon represents the greatest challenge which has ever faced the human race.
  Even if there were no clear scientific or other arguments for proceeding with this task, the whole history of our civilization would still impel men toward the goal....
• One evening he spoke. Sitting at her feet, his face raised to her, he allowed his soul to be heard.
  My darling, anything you wish, anything I am, anything I can ever be....
• There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization.
  Civilization remains a remote ideal. -- Edward Abbey...