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To: nevermorelenore
cuz they know that 3% of information proves “we the people” should trust NOTHING we’ve been told by our gubment

This quote by Ayn Rand, from over a half-century ago, is prophetic about the state of the U.S. government.

“The great oak tree had stood on a hill over the Hudson, in a lonely spot on the Taggart estate. Eddie Willers, aged seven, liked to come and look at that tree. It had stood there for hundreds of years, and he thought it would always stand there. Its roots clutched the hill like a fist with fingers sunk into the soil, and he thought that if a giant were to seize it by the top, he would not be able to uproot it, but would swing the hill and the whole of the earth with it, like a ball at the end of a string. He felt safe in the oak tree's presence; it was a thing that nothing could change or threaten; it was his greatest symbol of strength.

One night, lightning struck the oak tree. Eddie saw it next morning. It lay broken in half, and he looked into its trunk as into the mouth of a black tunnel. The trunk was only an empty shell; its heart had rotted away long ago; there was nothing inside-just a thin gray dust that was being dispersed by the whim of the faintest wind. The living power had gone, and the shape it left had not been able to stand without it.”

― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

26 posted on 12/16/2022 6:03:22 AM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: Flick Lives

Powerful imagery


82 posted on 12/16/2022 8:10:29 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL )
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To: Flick Lives

BEST BOOK EVER


89 posted on 12/16/2022 8:43:01 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Flick Lives

That’s a great quote.


118 posted on 12/16/2022 3:37:38 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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