No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easie…

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No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.298, Penguin
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No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.298, Penguin

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