If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of …

Ayn Rand
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If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.228, Penguin
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