A Quote by Ayn Rand

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

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Ayn Rand
Russian - Writer
February 2, 1905 - March 6, 1982

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