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Quotation from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

“So you think that money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money?”

Ayn Rand (spoken by Francisco d'Anconia)

Atlas Shrugged, Part Two, Chapter II ("The Aristocracy of Pull") (Random House, 1957)

Portrait of Ayn Rand

The opening of Francisco's speech on money at James Taggart's wedding party, in which he argues that money rests on production and voluntary trade.

Citation: "So you think that money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money?" — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Part Two, Chapter II ("The Aristocracy of Pull") (Random House, 1957). (id atlas-shrugged-q2)

Portrait: Ayn Rand (1943 Talbot portrait), Talbot (credited); published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Public domain.

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