Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compr…

Ayn Rand
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Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily lose and which will necessarily profit. ✨ Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (1964). The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism, Signet
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Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily lose and which will necessarily profit. ✨ Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (1964). The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism, Signet

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