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Ayn Rand

Anthem

  • Андрейhas quoted8 years ago
    At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race. But he broke their chains. He declared to all his brothers that a man has rights which neither god nor king nor other men can take away from him, no matter what their number, for his is the right of man, and there is no right on earth above this right. And he stood on the threshold of freedom for which the blood of the centuries behind him had been spilled.
  • Андрейhas quoted8 years ago
    And now, sitting here in our tunnel, we wonder about these words. It is forbidden, not to be happy. For, as it has been explained to us, men are free and the earth belongs to them; and all things on earth belong to all men; and the will of all men together is good for all; and so all men must be happy
  • cool fellahas quoted9 years ago
    I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning
  • Ульяна Ханбековаhas quoted2 years ago
    For the word "We" must never be spoken, save by one's choice and as a second thought. This word must never be placed first within man's soul, else it becomes a monster, the root of all the evils on earth, the root of man's torture by men, and an unspeakable lie.
  • Ульяна Ханбековаhas quoted2 years ago
    I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth. And my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it. My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
  • Ульяна Ханбековаhas quoted2 years ago
    I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.
  • Ульяна Ханбековаhas quoted2 years ago
    If this is a vice, then we wish no virtue.
  • Ульяна Ханбековаhas quoted2 years ago
    It is forbidden, not to be happy. For, as it has been explained to us, men are free and the earth belongs to them; and all things on earth belong to all men; and the will of all men together is good for all; and so all men must be happy.
  • Julia Zaitceva-Malishevahas quoted2 years ago
    happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
  • b5640096337has quoted3 years ago
    o be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else.
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