[E Rocc]

Francisco D’Anconia’s retort about the “aristocracy of pull” is the best line she ever wrote.

[r-q-tek86]

Ping

[newfreep]

Ayn Rand in Realville 2012 BUMP!!!!

[brewcrew]

This one became one of my favorites right after 9/11:

A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue. A viler evil than to throw a man into a sacrificial furnace, is to demand that he leap in, of his own will, and that he build the furnace, besides.

[Nowhere Man]

I disagree with her on religion but the point is that we labor to earn the things we need and want in life and we deserve to keep what we make. The problem is that government is out to get our chips as well as boss us around. She did not like that as well as most of us here.

[KarlInOhio]

The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of the dollar and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide—as, I think, he will. - Atlas Shrugged, Part 2, Chapter 2.

[gorush]

ping

[Monorprise]

“16) “And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the plumbing system? And wouldn’t it be preposterous to claim that men must exist for their plumbing, not the plumbing for the men.””

Abraham Lincoln’s rational for the illegality of secession was most preposterous indeed.

[matt1234]

Ping request. Thanks.

[Publius]

I’m not enthused much about the article, so I have resisted pinging the book club. However, the debate that has broken out has become interesting.

[Misterioso]

I don’t think JimRob is a big Ayn Rand fan.

[MarkL]

#12 is the current state of US society.

#2 is exactly what Obama is attacking in his speeches.

Mark

[MaryLou1]

thanks for posting these