The hero of the philosophical epic,
Atlas Shrugged by
Ayn Rand. John Galt is the perfectly integrated human being who understands the role of man's mind in existence, and acts upon it. It is he who initiates the strike against the secondhanders and saves the world from unreason.
Related terms include the often-asked question Who is John Galt? and
going Galt.
"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."