Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion that a man's intellectual and moral attributes are determined by the genetic pigmentation of his skin or the shape of his skull — which means that his character is determined by his bone-structure.
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"There are no contradictions in reality. Contradictions exist only in the mind, in the mind of a man who makes a mistake."
"The government is not a solution to our problem; the government is the problem."
"The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master."
"Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the resu…"
"When you see that money is exchanged for goods and services, not for favors and flattery, that your work is not a plea, but a demand, that no one can give you what you have not earned, and that no one…"
Russian-American novelist (The Fountainhead, 1943; Atlas Shrugged, 1957) and Objectivist philosopher whose ethical egoism and capitalism-as-virtue shaped American libertarianism. Closely associated with Nathaniel Branden (her early Objectivist-movement collaborator and lover). For an intellectual contrast, see John Rawls, Harvard political philosopher (1921-2002) — Rawls's A Theory of Justice (1971) systematized exactly the egalitarian-redistributive liberalism Rand's Atlas Shrugged was structured to attack. Rand's 'sanction of the victim' and Rawls's 'veil of ignorance' are the two opposite founding intuitions of American political philosophy — selfish-flourishing-as-virtue vs fairness-from-original-position.
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