The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand “I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need…. It had to be said. The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing....” — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead; Ayn Rand began