There is nothing to take a man’s freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers.
 Ayn Rand, Anthem (1938). copy citation

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Author Ayn Rand
Source Anthem
Topic freedom
Date 1938
Language English
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“I look upon the history of men, which I have learned from the books, and I wonder. It was a long story, and the spirit which moved it was the spirit of man’s freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man’s freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else. At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race.” source