‘The greatest good for the greatest number.’ … Every dictator who ever lived has justified the enslavement of his people on the theory of what was good for the majority. Ronald Reagan, January 25, 1974
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism — by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
Ayn Rand
The right of a nation to determine its own form of government does not include the right to establish a slave society (that is, to legalize the enslavement of some men by others). There is no such thing as ‘the right to enslave.’ A nation can do it, just as a man can become a criminal – but neither can do it by right. Ayn Rand
If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and condemned to slave labor. Any alleged ‘right’ of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right. No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation, an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as ‘the right to enslave.’ Ayn Rand
The issue is not slavery for a ‘good’ cause versus slavery for a bad cause; the issue is not dictatorship by a good gang versus dictatorship by a bad gang. The issue is freedom versus dictatorship. Ayn Rand