John Galt Quotes

Why can't it be awesome to work for a food company? Why can't we create an environment where people are trying to push each other to do great things, and we're not trying to steal from anybody - we're trying to be good to our farmers and run an honorable business, if there is such a thing anymore?

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

Every man should make up his own mind that if he expect to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living.

Let’s put common decency ahead of corporate profits.

It is against the eternal nature of things that the lazy man and the laborious man, the spendthrift and the man of economy, the foolish and the wise, should obtain and enjoy an equal amount of goods.

We've always believed in fair trade.

No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.

Our commitment to free trade is also a commitment to fair trade.

The banks should give a full, fair, and accurate account of their financial positions and they are failing that test.

If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a right to something that he did earn.

The division is based on knowledge, based on qualifications - but as I learned from the factionless, a system that relies on a group of uneducated people to do its dirty work without giving them a way to rise is hardly fair.

Americans have always had innovators and entrepreneurs who built real companies and create real value, but we should not and we will not respect those who get rich by cheating everybody else.

Nothing is quite honest that is not commercial, but not everything commercial is honest.

The only reason anyone would sell salt more cheaply than usual would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who laboured to produce it.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?

We have always believed that it's possible to make money without being evil.

The size of your paycheck shouldn’t determine your child’s future.

I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects

We don't compete in the world by offering tax advantages to a few that we don't give to all our citizens and businesses

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

Society can't wait. It's sad there are so many entrepreneurs, business successes and venture capitalists who give no thought to society.

If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.

I have nothing else to say other than I wasn't corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn't greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.