Don't fool yourself, my dear. You're much worse than a bitch. You're a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.

The line contrasts two kinds of social transgression: overt selfishness (“bitch”) versus self-sacrificial moral posturing (“saint”). In Rand’s moral universe, the latter is more threatening because it can claim ethical authority while demanding others’ compliance, guilt, or sacrifice. Calling someone a “saint” is thus not praise but an accusation: the person’s purity and renunciation become a lever of power, enabling manipulation and the policing of desire, ambition, and independence. The quote encapsulates Rand’s critique of altruism-as-duty—her view that elevating self-denial as virtue makes “goodness” a weapon against individual flourishing.