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[–] explodicle@local106.com 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit."

— Ayn Rand

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Ayn Rand

Of all the people to say that I would have never guessed it would have been her.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I love/hate it when the most awful people ever are right about something..

Probably still awful in context though. I would bet real money that the evil and the poison she's talking about is actually the government helping people or stopping people who agree with her views from hurting people.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 4 points 1 year ago

"Man’s freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man’s enslavement of man."

— Muammar Gaddafi