Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

Objectivism, Atlas Shrugged

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The Virtue of Selfishness

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1964

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