"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."
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Ayn Rand (more quotes by Ayn Rand or books by/about Ayn Rand) |
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[Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum] (1905-1982) Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter |
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Atlas Shrugged, p. 413 |
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Authority, Conscience, Consent, Control, Corruption, Dishonor, Law, Politics, Society, Trade, Compulsion |
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