If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right.


The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z (ed. Penguin, 1988) - ISBN: 9781101137246

Ayn Rand Quotes

If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not....

If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not....

If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not....

If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not....