[Noumenon]

With each passing day, Atlas Shrugged is becoming less of a novel and more of a documentary. I make it a point to re-read it every couple of years or so.

[Publius]

“We want them broken. We’re after power and we mean it. 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. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking lawsnow, that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, that’s the game”