Doing Good by Force – Quote by Ayn Rand

„Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.“

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Ayn Rand was a Russian-American philosopher and writer known for her philosophy of Objectivism.

Ayn Rand criticizes justifying coercion through supposedly good intentions and questions the motives behind power and action.


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Ayn Rand (1905–1982) was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher best known for her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead." She developed the philosophy of Objectivism, which emphasizes reason, individualism, and capitalism as moral ideals.

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"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts." Henry Louis Mencken
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