I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; I am not …

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I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.415, Penguin
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