- [first lines]
- Narrator: This is a story that begins on a warm spring night, at a meeting of the 20th Century Motors employees. It was a night I'll never forget.
- Narrator: When the owner of the company died, his children took over and brought in a new plan to run the factory. The plan was that everybody would work as hard as they could, but share in their salaries and the profit based on need. That is, those who claimed they needed the money most, were the ones who got paid the most.
- James Taggart: [at podium] This is a crucial moment in the history of this company. Now remember, each of us now belongs to the other, by the moral law we all voted for and we all accept.
- John Galt: I don't. I don't accept it.
- Narrator: His words caused confusion, but he stood there like a man who knew he was right.
- John Galt: And I'm going to put a stop to this once and for all.
- James Taggart: How?
- John Galt: I'll stop the motor of the world...
- [walks out]
- John Galt: [Last lines] In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice your sense of life to an enemy... that would claim your precious mind. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration... for the life you deserve, but have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours. This is John Galt speaking.