Thinking men cannot be ruled; ambitious men do not stagnate. ✨ Ayn Ran…

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Thinking men cannot be ruled; ambitious men do not stagnate. ✨ Ayn Rand (1990). The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought, p.229, Penguin
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