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“This is John Galt speaking”
"Independenceistherecognitionofthefactthatyoursistheresponsibilityofjudgmentandnothingcanhelpyouescapeit—thatnosubstitutecandoyourthinking,asnopinch-hittercanliveyourlife—thatthevilestformofself-abasementandself-destructionisthesubordinationofyourmindtothemindofanother,theacceptanceofanauthorityoveryourbrain,theacceptanceofhisassertionsasfacts,hissay-soastruth,hisedictsasmiddle-manbetweenyourconsciousnessandyourexistence.
"Integrityistherecognitionofthefactthatyoucannotfakeyourconsciousness,justashonestyistherecognitionofthefactthatyoucannotfakeexistence—thatmanisanindivisibleentity,anintegratedunitoftwoattributes:ofmatterandconsciousness,andthathemaypermitnobreachbetweenbodyandmind,betweenactionandthought,betweenhislifeandhisconvictions—that,likeajudgeimpervioustopublicopinion,hemaynotsacrificehisconvictionstothewishesofothers,beitthewholeofmankindshoutingpleasorthreatsagainsthim—thatcourageandconfidencearepracticalnecessities,thatcourageisthepracticalformofbeingtruetoexistence,ofbeingtruetotruth,andconfidenceisthepracticalformofbeingtruetoone’sownconsciousness.
