A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of his mind, is not, strictly speaking, a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang-rule.
— Ayn Rand Modern

Objectivism, Atlas Shrugged

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The Virtue of Selfishness

Date / Period

1964

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Strange & Unusual

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https://books.google.com/books?id=BKYEAAAAMAAJ&q=%22A+society+that+robs+an+indiv…

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