...The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question.
Ayn Rand
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AYN RAND The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed
AYN RAND Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one'...
AYN RAND The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. They come to be accepted ...
AYN RAND The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. - Atlas Shrugged
AYN RAND God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.
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