Full quote is good too; we are living it--until we decide to change things.
"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer 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."
It's also a paraphrase of Frederic Bastiat, from The Law.
The Complete Perversion of the Law
But, unfortunately, law by no means confines itself to its proper functions. And when it has exceeded its proper functions, it has not done so merely in some inconsequential and debatable matters. The law has gone further than this; it has acted in direct opposition to its own purpose. The law has been used to destroy its own objective: It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect. The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense.
Another good quote is
But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.
Then abolish this law without delay, for it is not only an evil itself, but also it is a fertile source for further evils because it invites reprisals. If such a law — which may be an isolated case — is not abolished immediately, it will spread, multiply, and develop into a system.
The person who profits from this law will complain bitterly, defending his acquired rights. He will claim that the state is obligated to protect and encourage his particular industry; that this procedure enriches the state because the protected industry is thus able to spend more and to pay higher wages to the poor workingmen.
Do not listen to this sophistry by vested interests. The acceptance of these arguments will build legal plunder into a whole system. In fact, this has already occurred. The present-day delusion is an attempt to enrich everyone at the expense of everyone else; to make plunder universal under the pretense of organizing it.
Ayn Rand doesn't always get the credit she deserves because a lot of crackpots love her a bit too much...
But I'd say Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for all conservatives... Maybe a bit of an extreme take, but it's almost up there with books like 1984 and Brave New World in my opinion.
It’s a she. She has several good books. The best of which are The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which is her most famous work and the one in which the quote is from.
Full quote is good too; we are living it--until we decide to change things.
"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer 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."
It's also a paraphrase of Frederic Bastiat, from The Law.
Another good quote is
Good ones. Thank you. "The Law" doesn't always serve and protect like we expect and we are seeing a lot of that now too--from police to courts.
is this from a book of his?
Ayn was a chick, bruh. And it's a quote from Atlas Shrugged. I know because I just looked it up lol
It's from Atlas Shrugged.
A book of her's*
Ayn Rand doesn't always get the credit she deserves because a lot of crackpots love her a bit too much...
But I'd say Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for all conservatives... Maybe a bit of an extreme take, but it's almost up there with books like 1984 and Brave New World in my opinion.
No almost about it, it is up there with those books. Ayn Rand was a hell of a thinker, look up some of her interviews if curious.
The fountain head was really good too.
An easier way to get into Ayn Rand is by reading Anthem or Philosophy: Who Needs It.
Your assessment only reflects poorly on you.
It’s a she. She has several good books. The best of which are The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which is her most famous work and the one in which the quote is from.
Hers. Atlas Shrugged