Ayn Rand Lexicon misquoting For the New Intellectual

“There‧are‧two‧sides‧to‧every‧issue:‧one‧side‧is‧right‧and‧the‧other‧is‧wrong,‧but‧the‧middle‧is‧always‧evil.‧The‧man‧who‧is‧wrong‧still‧retains‧some‧respect‧for‧truth,‧if‧only‧by‧accepting‧the‧responsibility‧of‧choice.‧But‧the‧man‧in‧the‧middle‧is‧the‧knave‧who‧blanks‧out‧the‧truth‧in‧order‧to‧pretend‧that‧no‧choice‧or‧values‧exist,‧who‧is‧willing‧to‧sit‧out‧the‧course‧of‧any‧battle,‧willing‧to‧cash‧in‧on‧the‧blood‧of‧the‧innocent‧or‧to‧crawl‧on‧his‧belly‧to‧the‧guilty,‧who‧dispenses‧justice‧by‧condemning‧both‧the‧robber‧and‧the‧robbed‧to‧jail,‧who‧solves‧conflicts‧by‧ordering‧the‧thinker‧and‧the‧fool‧to‧meet‧each‧other‧halfway.‧In‧any‧compromise‧between‧food‧and‧poison,‧it‧is‧only‧death‧that‧can‧win.‧In‧any‧compromise‧between‧good‧and‧evil,‧it‧is‧only‧evil‧that‧can‧profit.‧In‧that‧transfusion‧of‧blood‧which‧drains‧the‧good‧to‧feed‧the‧evil,‧the‧compromiser‧is‧the‧transmitting‧rubber‧tube.↵
“You,‧who‧are‧half-rational,‧half-coward,‧have‧been‧playing‧a‧con‧game‧with‧reality,‧but‧the‧victim‧you‧have‧conned‧is‧yourself.‧.‧.‧.↵

When‧men‧reduce‧their‧virtues‧to‧the‧approximate,‧then‧evil‧acquires‧the‧force‧of‧an‧absolute,‧when‧loyalty‧to‧an‧unyielding‧purpose‧is‧dropped‧by‧the‧virtuous,‧it’s‧picked‧up‧by‧scoundrels—and‧you‧get‧the‧indecent‧spectacle‧of‧a‧cringing,‧bargaining,‧traitorous‧good‧and‧a‧self-righteously‧uncompromising‧evil.

Explanation

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There‧are‧two‧sides‧to‧every‧issue:‧one‧side‧is‧right‧and‧the‧other‧is‧wrong,‧but‧the‧middle‧is‧always‧evil.‧The‧man‧who‧is‧wrong‧still‧retains‧some‧respect‧for‧truth,‧if‧only‧by‧accepting‧the‧responsibility‧of‧choice.‧But‧the‧man‧in‧the‧middle‧is‧the‧knave‧who‧blanks‧out‧the‧truth‧in‧order‧to‧pretend‧that‧no‧choice‧or‧values‧exist,‧who‧is‧willing‧to‧sit‧out‧the‧course‧of‧any‧battle,‧willing‧to‧cash‧in‧on‧the‧blood‧of‧the‧innocent‧or‧to‧crawl‧on‧his‧belly‧to‧the‧guilty,‧who‧dispenses‧justice‧by‧condemning‧both‧the‧robber‧and‧the‧robbed‧to‧jail,‧who‧solves‧conflicts‧by‧ordering‧the‧thinker‧and‧the‧fool‧to‧meet‧each‧other‧halfway.‧In‧any‧compromise‧between‧food‧and‧poison,‧it‧is‧only‧death‧that‧can‧win.‧In‧any‧compromise‧between‧good‧and‧evil,‧it‧is‧only‧evil‧that‧can‧profit.‧In‧that‧transfusion‧of‧blood‧which‧drains‧the‧good‧to‧feed‧the‧evil,‧the‧compromiser‧is‧the‧transmitting‧rubber‧tube

.↵“You,‧who‧are‧half-rational,‧half-coward,‧have‧been‧playing‧a‧con‧game‧with‧reality,‧but‧the‧victim‧you‧have‧conned‧is‧yourself.

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When‧men‧reduce‧their‧virtues‧to‧the‧approximate,‧then‧evil‧acquires‧the‧force‧of‧an‧absolute,‧when‧loyalty‧to‧an‧unyielding‧purpose‧is‧dropped‧by‧the‧virtuous,‧it’s‧picked‧up‧by‧scoundrels—and‧you‧get‧the‧indecent‧spectacle‧of‧a‧cringing,‧bargaining,‧traitorous‧good‧and‧a‧self-righteously‧uncompromising‧evil.