Objectivism

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"Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability. If that is right, then we'd better start slaughtering one another, because there isn't any right at all in the world!"

— Rand, Ayn event 1957

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"The basic principle and the ultimate results of all statist doctrines are the same: dictatorship and destruction. The rest is only a matter of time."

— Rand, Ayn event 1966

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Atlas Shrugged

person Rand, Ayn event 1957

Epic novel depicting a dystopian United States where industrialists and entrepreneurs mysteriously disappear, exploring themes of individualism, ca...

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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

person Rand, Ayn event 1966

A collection of essays by Rand, Alan Greenspan, Nathaniel Branden and Robert Hessen arguing that laissez-faire capitalism is the only social system...