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“America's skyscrapers were not built by public funds nor for a public purpose: they were built by the energy, initiative and wealth of private individuals for personal profit. And, instead of impoverishing the people, these skyscrapers, as they rose higher and higher, kept raising the people's standard of living - including the inhabitants of the slums.”

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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“Any group or "collective", large or small, is only a number of individuals. A group can have no rights other than the rights of its individual members.”

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Book:Ayn Rand Reader

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“Errors of knowledge are not breaches of morality; no proper moral code can demand infallibility or omniscience.”

Moral Morality Demand Errors Code Breach Moral Code Infallibility Omniscience

Book:The Virtue of Selfishness

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Accepting Objectives Premises Verdict Tribunals

Book:Atlas Shrugged

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“Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of "evil," regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are "extreme" - i.e., consistent).”

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“Parties are intended to be celebrations, and celebrations should be only for those who have something to celebrate.”

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