A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone’s orders, directives or controls; it does not sacrifice its knowledge its view of the truth, to anyone’s opinions, threats, wishes, plans or ‘welfare’. Such a mind may be hampered by others, it may be silenced, proscribed, imprisoned or destroyed; it cannot be forced; a gun is not an argument.
Ayn Rand: What is Capitalism – 1965