We are on strike against martyrdomβand against the moral code that demands it. We are on strike against those who believe that one man must exist for the sake of another. We are on strike against the morality of cannibals, be it practiced in body or in spirit. We will not deal with men on any terms but oursβand our terms are a moral code which holds that man is an end in himself and not the means to any end of others. β¨ Ayn Rand (1957). Atlas Shrugged, E P Dutton
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