"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 that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by 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, Francisco's "Money Speech" |
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Coercion, Corruption, Economics, Greed, Honesty, Law, Money, NWO, Power, Trade, Usurpation |
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