"So long as [men] hold the tribal notion that the individual is sacrificial fodder for the collective, that some men have the right to rule others by force, and that some (any) alleged 'good' can justify It — there can be no peace ‘within’ a nation and no peace among nations."
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Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, “The Roots of War” chap., New York: NY, A Signal Book (1967) p. 42
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