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“The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.”

Quote by Ayn Rand

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American novelist and philosopher, known for her novels and philosophical ideas. Her works emphasize individualism, free markets, and rationalism, and have had a profound impact on politics and philosophy in the late 20th century. more

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Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

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“For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid.”

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Book:On the Principles of political economy and taxation

Source: On the Principles of political economy and taxation

“Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.”

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Book:On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

Source: On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

“There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.”

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Book:Works: With a Notice of the Life and Writings of the Author

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“A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price of commodities; but in such cases, it will be found that labour and all commodities have not varied in regard to each other, and that the variation has been confined to money.”

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Book:On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

Source: On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

“After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated.”

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