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The truly and deliberately evil men are a very small minority it is the appeaser who unleashes them on mankind.
Ayn Rand
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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
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Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
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