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"When you see that
trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion
-- when you see that in order to produce, you need
to obtain permission from men who produce nothing --
when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in
goods, but in favors -- when you see that men get
richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws
don't protect you against them, but protect them
against you -- when you see corruption being
rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice --
you may know that your society is doomed."
Author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982) |
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"If there's any
message that I wish to convey today, it is: be of
good cheer. We're coming back and coming back
strong. Our confidence flows not from our skill at
maneuvering through political mazes, not from our
ability to make the right deal at the right time,
nor from any idea of playing one interest group off
against the other. Unlike our opponents, who find
their glee in momentary political leverage, we
[nourish] our strength of purpose from a commitment
to ideals that we deeply believe are not only right
but that work. ... We are, and proudly so, but we
are also the keepers of the flame of liberty."
Ronald Reagan |
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