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Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism Quotes: Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
         

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.


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