Men have died in torture chambers, on the stake, in concentration camp…

Ayn Rand
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Men have died in torture chambers, on the stake, in concentration camps, in front of firing squads, rather than renounce their convictions. The appeaser renounces his under the pressure of a frown on a vacant face. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.113, Penguin
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Men have died in torture chambers, on the stake, in concentration camps, in front of firing squads, rather than renounce their convictions. The appeaser renounces his under the pressure of a frown on a vacant face. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.113, Penguin

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