"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion
" -- when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing
" -- when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors
" -- when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you
" -- when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice
" -- you may know that your society is doomed."
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, page 413
(Hat tip: Stella Guenther/via email)
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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