The man-worshipers, in my sense of the term, are those who see man's h…

Ayn Rand
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The man-worshipers, in my sense of the term, are those who see man's highest potential and strive to actualize it. The man-haters are those who regard man as a helpless, depraved, contemptible creature-and struggle never to let him discover otherwise. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.12, Penguin
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