When you notice that to produce you need to get permission from those who do not produce anything; when you check that money flows to those who do not deal with the goods but with favors; when you realize that many become rich by the bribery and for influence more than by your work and that laws do not protect you against them, but on contrary, they are the ones who are protected against you; when you discover that corruption is rewarded and honesty becomes a self-sacrifice, then you can assert, without fear of being wrong, that your society is doomed.
Ayn Rand, 1905-1982
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