To the glory of mankind....
"To the glory of mankind, there was, for the first and only time in history, a country of money--and I have no higher, more reverent tribute to pay to America, for this means: a country of reason, justice, freedom, production, achievement. For the first time, man's mind and money were set free, and there were no fortunes-by-conquest, but only fortunes-by-work, and instead of swordsmen and slaves, there appeared the real maker of wealth, the greatest worker, the highest type of human being--the self made man--the American industrialist
"If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose--because it contains all the others--the fact the they were the people who created the phrase, 'to make money.' No other language or nation had ever used these words before; men had always thought of wealth as a static quantity--to be seized, begged, inherited, shared, looted or obtained as a favor. Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created. The words, 'to make money,' hold the essence of human morality."
Francisco D'Anconia
"If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose--because it contains all the others--the fact the they were the people who created the phrase, 'to make money.' No other language or nation had ever used these words before; men had always thought of wealth as a static quantity--to be seized, begged, inherited, shared, looted or obtained as a favor. Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created. The words, 'to make money,' hold the essence of human morality."
Francisco D'Anconia