Ayn Rand, John Galt in Atlas Shrugged (New York: 1992), p. 939.

There are … no conflicts of interest among rational men, men who do not desire the unearned.

— Ayn Rand on Conflict

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About Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand (2 February 1905 – 6 March 1982) was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her bestselling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.