"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, and if you wish to know why you are perishing -- you who dread knowledge -- I am the man who will now tell you." (video-link: 01:09 to 01:33)

I put this paragraph into the history category for the added purpose of inviting you (who are reading this) to think about the last twelve years (since 2006) of your own life and how and in what ways Galt's principled self-description and stated purpose in this passage might be applied to oneself as an advocate of Objectivist principles.

I invite discussion on any insights you may have, ad libitum.