Archive for September, 2008
Thu 4 Sep 2008
Their ineptitude came from helplessness, not malice.
(p.40 – Rearden’s family)
He never sought any loans, bonds, subsidies, land grants or legislative favors from the government. He obtained money from the men who owned it, going from door to door - from the mahogany doors of bankers to the clapboard doors of lonely farmhouses. He never talked about the public good. He merely told people that they would make big profits on his railroad.
(p.59 - Nathaniel Taggart)
“What is the most important thing on earth?”
“I’ll always bow to a coat-of-arms. I’ll always worship the symbol of nobility. Only I don’t give a damn about moth-eaten turrets and tenth-hand unicorns. The coat-of-arms of our day are to be found on billboards and in…
Thu 4 Sep 2008
Their ineptitude came from helplessness, not malice.
(p.40 – Rearden’s family)
He never sought any loans, bonds, subsidies, land grants or legislative favors from the government. He obtained money from the men who owned it, going from door to door - from the mahogany doors of bankers to the clapboard doors of lonely farmhouses. He never talked about the public good. He merely told people that they would make big profits on his railroad.
(p.59 - Nathaniel Taggart)
“What is the most important thing on earth?”
“I’ll always bow to a coat-of-arms. I’ll always worship the symbol of nobility. Only I don’t give a damn about moth-eaten turrets and tenth-hand unicorns. The coat-of-arms of our day are to be found on billboards and in…