Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is mer…

Ayn Rand
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Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others. ✨ Ayn Rand (1990). The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought, p.243, Penguin
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