Ask anything of men. Ask them to achieve wealth, fame, love, brutality…

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Ask anything of men. Ask them to achieve wealth, fame, love, brutality, murder, self-sacrifice. But don’t ask them to achieve self-respect. They will hate your soul. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.69, Penguin
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Ask anything of men. Ask them to achieve wealth, fame, love, brutality, murder, self-sacrifice. But don’t ask them to achieve self-respect. They will hate your soul. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.69, Penguin

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