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Quote from Ayn Rand,

[S]tatism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power—
to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. ... Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.



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Ayn Rand (more quotes by Ayn Rand or books by/about Ayn Rand)


[Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum] (1905-1982) Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter

Source:

The Roots Of War

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