"Throughout history, no tyrant ever rose to power except on the claim of representing ``the common good.´´ Napoleon ``served the common good´´ of France. Hitler is ``serving the common good´´ of Germany. Horrors which no man would dare consider for his own selfish sake are perpetrated with a clear conscience by ``altruists´´ who justify themselves by-the common good."
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Ayn Rand, Rand, Ayn. The Only Path to Tommorow, Reader's Digest, January 1944, pp. 88-90
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