"Manevery manis an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself."
What I've always wondered is how this can possibly be reconciled with full-bore lassez-faire capitalism which is all about using other people as means.
I'll also add that I felt that a lot of what I read about Rand was explained when I learned that her family had lost heavily in the Russian Revolution.