"Stellen Sie sich vor, daß Sie Atlas sehen, den Riesen, der die Welt auf den Schultern trägt. Sie sehen ihn da stehen, Blut rinnt ihm über die Brust, seine Knie knicken ein, seine Arme zittern, versuchen aber, die Weltkugel mit letzter Kraft hochzuhalten, doch je mehr er sich müht, desto schwerer lastet die Welt auf seinen Schultern. Wenn Sie ihn so vor sich sehen: Was raten Sie ihm? Die Welt abzuwerfen."
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Ayn Rand
1905 – 1982
Zitiert aus "Wer ist John Galt", deutsche Übersetzung von Barbara Klau und Hansjürgen Wille, GEWIS Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 978-3932564031
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