Francisco d’Anconia on Contradictions

“Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.”
– Francisco d’Anconia in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Part I, Chapter VII

Francisco d’Anconia on America

“…the rebirth … of the world … has to start here, in the United States. This country was the only country in history born, not of chance and blind tribal warfare, but as a rational product of man’s mind. This country was built on the supremacy of reason — and, for one magnificent century, it [...]

Francisco d’Anconia on Guilt

“The worst guilt is to accept an undeserved guilt…”
– Francisco d’Anconia in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Part II, Chapter III

Francisco d’Anconia on the Need to Think

“Any refusal to recognize reality, for any reason whatever, has disastrous consequences. There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think.”
– Francisco d’Anconia in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Part II, Chapter II

Francisco d’Anconia on Money

“So you think that money is the root of all evil? … Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to [...]

Francisco d’Anconia on Honesty

“No, I don’t like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody’s confidence. If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others, only their rational perception. The person who craves a moral blank check of that kind, has dishonest intentions, whether he admits it to himself or not.”
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Francisco d’Anconia on Work

“…there is nothing of any importance in life — except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from that. It’s the only measure of human value. All the codes of ethics they’ll try to ram down your throat are just so much paper money put out by [...]