Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.
Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one__ consciousness can permit the faking of existence.
The Journals of Ayn Rand
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Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one__ consciousness can permit the faking of existence.
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