All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make…

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All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. ✨ The Virtue of Selfishness. Book by Ayn Rand, 1964.
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All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. ✨ The Virtue of Selfishness. Book by Ayn Rand, 1964.

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