Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “To say "I have to" is to speak the language of compulsion, duty, authority -- the language of injunctions imposed on us from without. Objectivism is not a duty ethic, but an ethic of values, the ultimate value being one's own life and happiness. The language of values is "I want" and "I will": I want this, and I will do what it takes to get it.” ~ David Kelley Executive Director Institute for Objectivist Studies, Ph.D.Source: I Don't Have To, IOS Journal, Volume 6, Number 1, April 1996.