"It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master."
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American writer and philosopher best known for The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. She developed the philosophical system she called Objectivism and became an influential figure in 20th-century political and intellectual debate.