"A Conformist is a man who declares, "It's true because others believe it" - but an Individualist is NOT a man who declares, "It's true because I bel… - Ayn Rand

It's a curse, you know, to be able to look higher than you're allowed to reach.

John Galt is Prometheus who changed his mind. After centuries of being torn by vultures in payment for having brought to men the fire of the gods, he broke his chains — and he withdrew his fire — until the day when men withdraw their vultures.

Any group or “collective,” large or small, is only a number of individuals. A group can have no rights other than the rights of its individual members.