They proclaim that every man is entitled to exist without labor and, the laws of reality to the contrary notwithstanding, is entitled to receive his 'minimum sustenance' his food, his clothes, his shelter with no effort on his part, as his due and his birthright. To receive it from whom. β¨ Ayn Rand (2011). Ayn Rand Novel Collection, p.2236, Penguin
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