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Tell us: Who is John Galt?

Posted by sdesapio 11 years, 2 months ago to Entertainment
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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.

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  • Posted by bc1 11 years, 2 months ago
    I am John Galt. Whether you are is up to you.
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  • Posted by WhiskeyLee 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is each and every one of us when we reach the moment where we no longer grant sanction to those who would use our abilities and virtues as a weapon against us.
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    Posted by $ Velear 11 years, 2 months ago
    I John Galt am the conscience of every man women and child that has the strength to exercise the imposed knowledge that is God given to do right.
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  • Posted by zestforlife 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is the man who, by his actions and words, demonstrated what human progress and flourishing really depend on.
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  • Posted by dukem 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is that spirit within us that aspires, learns, works, produces, enjoys, loves and is satisfied with it all.
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  • Posted by valdyr 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is distillation of the human spirit: Man's desire to achieve greatness and to rejoice in said achievement with no trace regret
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  • Posted by nasby 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is the middle finger of every sovereign individual, standing upright in response to tyranny and statist insanity.
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  • Posted by AngelWeiss 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt...mysterious yet transparent. He's not who you thought he would be, and yet he is everything you wanted him to be. A man's man. A woman's man. A thinker not a follower, a lover not a looter, a producer not a pawn. Independent and intriguing, witty and wise, admirable and honest. I know who is John Galt. Do you?
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  • Posted by $ egarry 11 years, 2 months ago
    We are John Galt! We who stand up against progressives.
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  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 11 years, 2 months ago
    I think that Ayn Rand said it best. Take it from the front matter of the book. John Galt shut off the motor of the world. Galt's Oath is the essential message of _Atlas Shrugged_.

    In my own words: "John Galt liberated producers from looters and moochers who tax both our physical achievements and our spiritual independence. John Galt freed himself from pain and fear and guilt by recognizing his right to his own life on his own terms. He demonstrated these truths to all of the producers who make civilization possible, from the accomplished bus driver to the impassioned scientist, and especially to the entrepreneurs and traders who create and improve the social environment of personal profit."
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  • Posted by paulnathan2000 11 years, 2 months ago
    John galt is the man that brought the world to its knees by depriving its leaders of victims. He is the man that defied an entire worlds moral code and created his own world -- a world without sacrifice.
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  • Posted by ApollosMarket 11 years, 2 months ago
    It is the man who goes through life sating his desire with air, his lust with water, his fears with fire and his phobias with earth. He has no regrets but not working enough. He knows no boundary of a social nature, because he doesn't recognize them as legitimate.

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    He's the epitomization of all the different Joe Schmoes out there, eclectically rummaging through the garbage bins of high society looking for elegance while constantly worrying and fretting about his vanity, his bank account and his wife. The only thing he is frightened of is everything, but he's so stubborn he'll take it out in flesh rather than show it. That's just how depraved he is for authentic affection. He's still something of a hero, because he knows the price of his way of life is a chronic, hollowing, gritty-tasting sensation of death and yet he still goes on with pride in his gait. Why? Because he knows..: He may not be original, but he is the most.
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  • Posted by Darcie 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is Poe's Everyman. You see him, catch glimpses of him, know that you know him or want to know him so you follow him. Never quite catching up but the yearning builds at every turn of his head showing another sense if some distant recognition always hoping that you will eventually catch up to him. You see it's the journey, not the end fro which one truly gains their glory and achieves their ultimate happiness. Thanks John for guiding us.
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  • Posted by MamaMia 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is Everyman who thinks for himself, knows what's right and stands up for his beliefs .
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  • Posted by iamA2u 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is the man we all aspire to be; he is the great man, the moral leader, the hero inside all of us.
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  • Posted by renardfranse 11 years, 2 months ago
    John Galt is both man and idea. He is the personification of all that is moral and just. He is an ideal that many strive to emulate but few achieve.
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