We cannot fight against collectivism, unless we fight against its mora…

Ayn Rand
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We cannot fight against collectivism, unless we fight against its moral base: altruism. We cannot fight against altruism, unless we fight against its epistemological base: irrationalism. We cannot fight against anything, unless we fight for something--and what we must fight for is the supremacy of reason and a view of man as a rational being. ✨ Ayn Rand (1984). Philosophy: Who Needs It, p.201, Penguin
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