"You cannot make men abandon the means [socialism] until you have persuaded them to abandon the goal [collectivism]. If one wishes to cure a dying world, one has to start with moral and philosophical principles. Nothing less will do" #QotD

    "When the social goal chosen is by its very nature impossible and unworkable (such as collectivism), it is useless to point out to people that the means they’ve chosen to achieve it are unworkable. Such means go with such a goal; there are no others. You cannot make men abandon the means until you have persuaded them to abandon the goal. 

    "Now the choice of a personal purpose or of a social ideal is a matter of philosophy and moral theory. That is why, if one wishes to cure a dying world, one has to start with moral and philosophical principles. Nothing less will do." 

          ~ Ayn Rand, from her letter to Leonard Read on his founding of FEE

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