Ayn Rand Quote

People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they ought to and it makes them feel guilty. So they'll bless and follow anyone who gives them a justification for not thinking. Anyone who makes a virtue - a highly intellectual virtue - out of what they know to be their sin, their weakness and their guilt.


Atlas Shrugged: (ed. Hamilton Books, 2016)


People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they...

People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they...

People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they...

People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they...