Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruist…

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Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equalled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism. ✨ Ayn Rand (1963). For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
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