When intellectual leaders fail to foster the best in the mixed, unform…

Ayn Rand
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When intellectual leaders fail to foster the best in the mixed, unformed, vacillating character of people at large, the thugs are sure to bring out the worst. When the ablest men turn into cowards, the average men turn into brutes. ✨ Ayn Rand (1990). The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought, p.46, Penguin
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