Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefo…

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Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefore, its leaders, its integrators and its bodyguards. ✨ Ayn Rand (1963). For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition), p.8, Penguin
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