The symbol of all relationships among rational men, the moral symbol of respect for human beings is: the trader. We who live by values, not by loot, are traders—both in matter and in spirit. A trader is a man who earns what he gets and does not give or take the undeserved. A trader does not ask to be paid for his failures, nor does he ask to be loved for his flaws. A trader does not squander his body as fodder or his soul as alms. Just as he does not give his work, except in trade for material values, so he does not give the values of his spirit—his love, his friendship, his esteem—except in payment and in trade for human virtues, in payment for his own selfish pleasure, which he receives from men he can respect. ("Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand; Galt’s Speech)

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