Then no rightful cause was left, and the pain of anger was turning into the shameful pain of submission. He had no right to condemn anyone - he thought - to denounce anything, to fight and die joyously, claiming the sanctity of virtue. The broken promises, the unconfessed desires, the betrayal, the deceit, the lies, the fraud - he was guilty of them all. What form of corruption could he scorn? Degrees do not matter, he thought; one does not bargain about inches of evil.
Ayn RandThe Romanticists predominantly, were enemies of capitalism, which they regarded as a prosaic, materialistic, โpetty bourgeoisโ system โ never realizing that it was the only system that could make freedom, individuality and the pursuit of values possible in practice.
Ayn RandAny alleged 'right' of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right.
Ayn Rand