It's true that there's no such thing as free will. We can't help what …

Ayn Rand
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It's true that there's no such thing as free will. We can't help what we are or what we do. It's not our fault. Nobody's to blame for anything. It's all in your background ... and your glands. If you're good, that's no achievement of yours - you were lucky in your glands. If you're rotten, nobody should punish you - you were unlucky, that's all. ✨ Ayn Rand (2011). Ayn Rand Novel Collection, p.551, Penguin
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