Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist witho…

Ayn Rand
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Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property. ✨ Ayn Rand (2011). Ayn Rand Novel Collection, p.2260, Penguin
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