If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning …

Ayn Rand
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If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and ... if I were asked to serve the interests of society apart from, above and against my own I would refuse... I would fight in the full confidence of the justice of my battle and of a living being's right to exist. ✨ The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z.
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