When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of de…

Ayn Rand
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When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, p.81, Penguin
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