If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose--Because it contains all the other--The fact that they were the the people who create 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 is created. The words "to make money" hold the essence of human morality. From Atlas Shrugged. --
This quote from "Tungsten Man" Francisco's speech about money is part of the best words ever put to the meaning of money. This speech, should be taught in every high school economics class. It speaks to American Exceptionalism and capitalism like no other words I have found. If you never read all of Atlas Shrugged, at least read this entire money speech.
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