Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). - Ayn Rand

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Ayn Rand: "Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."

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Away	Earth	Function	Individual
Majorities	Majority	Minorities	Minority
Oppression	Political	Precisely	Protect
Public	Right	Rights	Smallest
Subject	Vote

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