We've always been told that human beings have such a great power of knowledge, so much greater than animals, but I—I feel blinder than any animal right now, blinder and more helpless. An animal knows who are its friends and who are its enemies, and when to defend itself. It doesn't expect a friend to step on it or to cut its throat.
 Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (1957). copy citation

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Author Ayn Rand
Source Atlas Shrugged
Topic power blinder
Date 1957
Language English
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