The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts n — Ayn Rand
The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts n — Ayn Rand
The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts n — Ayn Rand
The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts n — Ayn Rand
The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts n — Ayn Rand
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The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.

— Ayn Rand
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