"But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither they were going, and went on, in blindness and cowardice, to their fate. I wonder, for it is hard for me to conceive how men who knew the word "I," could give it up and not know what they lost. But such has been the story, for I have lived in the City of the damned, and I know what horror men permitted to be brought upon them.
Perhaps, in those days, there were a few among men, a few of clear sight and clean soul, who refused to surrender that word. What agony must have been theirs before that which they saw coming and could not stop! Perhaps they cried out in protest and in warning. But men paid no heed to their warning. And they, these few, fought a hopeless battle, and they perished with their banners smeared by their own blood. And they choose to perish, for they knew.
- To them, I send my salute across the centuries, and my pity.
- page 103
Theirs is the banner in my hand. And I wish I had the power to tell them that the despair of their hearts was not to be final, and their night was not without hope.
- For the battle they lost can never be lost. For that which they died to save can never perish.
Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through. And man will go on. Man, not men...." - page 103-104
~ The above quotes are by Ayn Rand, from the book Anthem
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The above is for all who truly fought for the proper ideals of freedom and individual rights. Not entitlements, rights. For American citizens. Especially for American citizens whose families have contributed greatly in time and effort to the culture, the society, the civilization of a free society.
Not for all the shit fucks so many feel sorry for, for utterly no reason, that have contributed nothing to the ideals of freedom and rights. But only have raised hell, created chaos, destroyed, stalked, terrorized, murdered, . . . and create fuck show after fuck show.
