Galt: "You want me to be Economic Dictator?"

Mr. Thompson: "Yes!"

"And you'll obey any order I give?"

"Implicitly!"

"Then start by Reading Atlas Shrugged."

"Oh no!" screamed Mr. Thompson, leaping to his feet. "I couldn't do that . . . How would I get through those long winded parts?"

"Read Them."

"Oh, no!"