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Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no substitute can do ...more

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I take the only desire one can really permit oneself. Freedom, Alvah, freedom.”“You call that freedom?”“To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend o...more

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Notice how they’ll accept anything except a man who stands alone. They recognize him at once...There’s a special, insidious kind of hatred for him. Th...more

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Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. The mind is an attribute of the individual.The ba...more

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Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work deter...more