Both Uses of
guillotine
in
Atlas Shrugged
- I seized the boats that sailed under the flag of the idea which I am fighting: the idea that need is a sacred idol requiring human sacrifices-that the need of some men is the knife of a guillotine hanging over others-that all of us must live with our work, our hopes, our plans, our efforts at the mercy of the moment when that knife will descend upon us-and that the extent of our ability is the extent of our danger, so that success will bring our heads down on the block, while failureā¦†
Chpt 2.7
- It looked like a walk to mount either a pedestal or a guillotine.†
Chpt 3.3 *
Definition:
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(guillotine) a device used to behead people who are to be executed by the state (most associated with the French Revolution); or executing someone in such a manner