Nothing can corrupt and disintegrate a culture or a man’s character …

Nothing can corrupt and disintegrate a culture or a man’s character as thoroughly as does the precept of moral agnosticism, the idea that one must never pass moral judgment on others, that one must be morally tolerant of anything, that the good consists of never distinguishing good from evil. It is obvious who profits and who loses by such a precept. It is not justice or equal treatment that you grant to men when you abstain equally from praising men’s virtues and from condemning men’s vices. When your impartial attitude declares, in effect, that neither the good nor the evil may expect anything from you – whom do you betray and whom do you encourage? Ayn Rand
VOS, (1905-1982)

The recent stock market weakness is traceable partly to ‘the realization we …

The recent stock market weakness is traceable partly to ‘the realization we are going to have more regulations on business and bureaucracy.’ However this will be short lived as ‘socialism around the world has proved to be such a failure that it no longer is a threat.’ Sir John Templeton
as reported in the May 8, 1994 Miami Herald

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