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― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“Poverty can be brought about by law; it cannot be forbidden by law.”
― The God of the Machine
― The God of the Machine
“Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.”
― The God of the Machine
― The God of the Machine
“In arguing against free enterprise capitalism, the collectivist always adopts the false assumption of a fixed number of jobs in that system. Conversely, in arguing for collectivism, he always assumes that there will be as many jobs as there are workers. The government will make the jobs.”
― The God of the Machine
― The God of the Machine
“As the several items can be exchanged, they must be equal; but in what terms? Not in pounds, yards, or hours; they are equal in value. Then what is wanted is a unit of value to reckon by.”
― The God of the Machine
― The God of the Machine
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