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Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away? And if it is not moral for you to keep a value, why is it moral for others to accept it? If you are selfless and virtuous when you give it, are they not selfish and vicious when they take it?
Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged · 1957

Quotes

“Where there’s no law, there’s no bread.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“If a man owns land, the land owns him.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

“For our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1860
Wealth

An examination of wealth, property and economic activity, considering how resources, labour, skill and judgement contribute to material independence and social power.

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Altruism 2 Self-interest 4 Value creation 2 Moral consistency 1 Rule of law 3 Order 2 Economic security 1 Stability 1 Ownership 2 Responsibility 27 Wealth 13 Obligation 8 Housing 1 Debt 15 Material burden 1 Simple living 4 Labour 4 Economic independence 2 Self-reliance 48