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Tell us: Who is John Galt?

Posted by sdesapio 10 years, 2 months ago to Entertainment
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*** SPOILER ALERT: If you have not yet read the book, you may want to skip this post. ***

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When asked "Who is John Galt?", how do you typically respond? The inventor of the motor? The man who stopped the motor of the world? The best within each of us?

We're looking for the clearest, most concise, answers to help promote the message of Atlas and the film. So Gulch... who exactly is John Galt? Submit a comment on this post with your answer or vote on the answer you think is best. The best answers just might be used on upcoming ASP3 promotional materials and, if your answer is used, you’ll get a special thanks in the credits of the film “Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?”

This is your chance to not only help spread the word about Ayn Rand and what John Galt symbolizes but also... to forever be a part of Atlas Shrugged history.

How long should your answer be? No longer than 15 seconds to say/read. Submit as many answers as you like but please submit them as individual comments.

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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 2 months ago
    3rd try:
    John Galt is the indomitable, creative, caring, persistent, longsuffering human spirit within each of us which makes us worth our salt. He is the heart of ambition, the stuff of desire and the soul of love. He is us, at our best.
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  • Posted by davec95 10 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is the Alpha and Omega. The beginning and the end, as in the first and last letter of the word 'Individual'. Ok, I know you are saying the last letter is an 'L', but it is lower case, and if you squint it looks an awful lot like an upper case letter 'I'
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  • Posted by gramma 10 years, 2 months ago
    John Gault is the American Dream in 3D. He believes in himself and the USA and doesn't back down.
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  • Posted by overmanwarrior 10 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is a man who could have only been born in America. He is the byproduct of freedom and the answer to thousands of years of failed philosophy. John Galt is the beginning of forever, and the end of the non thinking man.
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  • Posted by ProudProducer 10 years, 2 months ago
    It might not be what you are looking for, but the most concise and most clearest answer to me is what Dagny answers before she enters the first train running on the John Galt Line, one of the most brilliant scenes of the book/movie:

    (Reporter) "Mrs. Taggart, who is John Galt?"
    (Dagny, after a short pause) "We are!"

    And yes, that's it. The most brilliant thing about it is that Dagny gives the right answer in an act of rebellion against moochers, looters and nay-sayers, without even knowing or assuming that it is indeed the right answer to that question.

    And if you can give that answer without hesitation, truly from your heart, you understand what this is all about: We are. Not they.
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  • Posted by m082844 10 years, 2 months ago
    "You wanted to know John Galt's identity. I am the man that [rose to ask the question: Good? -- By what standard?]". -- JG in atlas shrugged
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  • Posted by m082844 10 years, 2 months ago
    "For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values. I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world..." -- JG atlas shrugged
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  • Posted by jmecke 10 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is an inspiration that motivates "producers" to save free enterprise and the USA
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  • Posted by mbpost 10 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is the hero in every person who stands up for his right to the product of his labors, especially when others try to take what is his through coercion.
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  • Posted by Del 10 years, 2 months ago


    John Galt, one man can still change the world.
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  • Posted by Lucky 10 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt, the free man.
    He will not live or work for you,
    he does not want you to live or work for him.
    He will neither give nor take -
    but he will trade value for value.
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  • Posted by $ stargeezer 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Actually he quit 20th century motors - they made motors, not cars. He went to work for them AFTER college. His fellow workers were scared of him when he told them that "he would stop the motor of the world".
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