Andrew Ryan Quotes

#1. Stop, would you kindly? 'Would you kindly'. Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase? Sit, would you kindly? Stand, would you kindly? Run! Stop! Turn. A man chooses, a slave obeys. Kill! A man chooses! A slave obeys! OBEY!

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#2. A man has a choice.. I chose.. the impossible!

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#3. An artist strives to frame his ideals in an image; to challenge his audience and to make his vision immortal. But the parasites say 'no, your art must serve the cause ... your ideals endanger the people!'

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#4. God did not plant the seeds of this Arcadia. I did.

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#5. We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.

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#6. In what country is there a place for people like me?

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#7. What would the Russian Bear and the American Eagle do if they discovered our paradise? Our secrecy is our shield!

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#8. A man chooses...a slave obeys.

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#9. Altruism is the root of all Wickedness

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#10. Why worship a flag or a God, when we can worship that which is best in us: our will to be great.

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#11. What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds, a parasite asks 'Where's my share?' A man creates, a parasite says 'What will the neighbors think?' A man invents, a parasite says 'Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God ...

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#12. Commerce is the life blood of the City. If we are not careful, government will become the cancer.

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#13. Before the final rat has eaten the last gram of you, Rapture will have returned. I will lead a parade. "Who was that," they'll say, as they point to the sad shape hanging on my wall, "who was that?

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#14. My city was betrayed by the weak ...

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#15. Lacking its own ingenuity, the parasite fears the visionary. What it cannot plagiarize, it seeks to censor. What it cannot regulate, it seeks to ban.

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#16. It was not impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea. It was impossible to build it anywhere else.

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#17. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

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#18. There's two ways to deal with mystery: uncover it, or eliminate it.

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