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"Independence is the recognition of the fact that your is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape your life -- that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertion as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence." | "Independence is the recognition of the fact that your is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape your life -- that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertion as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence." | ||
[Ayn Rand, Galt's Speech in Atlas Shrugged] | [Ayn Rand, Galt's Speech in Atlas Shrugged] | ||
== See Also == | |||
[[Individualism]] | |||
[[Category:Virtues]] | [[Category:Virtues]] | ||
Revision as of 21:35, 17 February 2007
"Independence is the recognition of the fact that your is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape your life -- that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertion as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence." [Ayn Rand, Galt's Speech in Atlas Shrugged]