When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first conc…

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When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.205, Penguin
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