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The Virtue of Selfishness Quotes

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).

Source:Chapter 13. Collectivized
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Ayn Rand (The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism Quotes)
  • Book: The Virtue of Selfishness
  • Writer: Ayn Rand
  • Genre: Essays, Ethics
  • Published: 1964
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