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“Any alleged "right" of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another isn't and can't be a right.”

Book:The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism

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The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism

This book delves into the philosophical underpinnings of egoism, examining how self-interest can be a driving force for personal growth and societal advancement. It challenges traditional views on altruism and self-sacrifice, presenting a nuanced argument for the virtue of selfishness in various aspects of life. more

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Ayn Rand

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

“If your Doctor cannot prove they are the Creator, what right do they have to give you an expiration date? None fight for your right to live. Been on hospice almost 16 years now. No 'man' has any right to say you have less then 6 months to live, no matter what the pages on the wall say. Fight its your right.”

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Author:Debee Sue

“The rights of man are poor things beside the eyes of hungry children. Their hurts are keener than the soreness of injustice.”

Injustice Rights Of Man

Book:HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Source: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

“Slavery's fundamental offense against human rights was not that it took liberty away (which can happen in many other situations), but that it excluded a certain category of people even from the possibility of fighting for freedom—a fight possible under tyranny, and even under the desperate conditions of modern terror (but not under any conditions of concentration-camp life). Slavery's crime against humanity did not begin when one people defeated and enslaved its enemies (though of course this was bad enough), but when slavery became an institution in which some men were "born" free and others slave, when it was forgotten that it was man who had deprived his fellow-men of freedom, and when the sanction for the crime was attributed to nature. Yet in the light of recent events it is possible to say that even slaves still belonged to some sort of human community; their labor was needed, used, and exploited, and this kept them within the pale of humanity. To be a slave was after all to have a distinctive character, a place in society—more than the abstract nakedness of beig human and nothing but human. Not the loss of specific rights, then, but the loss of a community willing and able to guarantee any rights whatsoever, has been the calamity which has befallen ever-increasing numbers of people. Man, it turns out, can lose all so-called Rights of Man without losing his essential quality as man, his human dignity. Only the loss of a polity itself expels him from humanity.”

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Book:The Origins of Totalitarianism

Source: The Origins of Totalitarianism

“If there be a people on earth whose more especial duty it is to be at all times prepared to defend the rights with which they are blessed, and to surpass all others in sustaining the necessary burthens, and in submitting to sacrifices to make such preparations, it is undoubtedly the people of these states.”