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I have read a lot of Rand, both fiction and non-fiction, and never seen her say it once. Can you please point me to a source to read so I can correct my understanding of Rand's views?



A good starting place would be googling "ayn rand" libertarianism. You will hit a lot of cited remarks by her among the hagiography and such.


I read some. I found Rand trashing libertarians, but I did not find her trashing minimal government. Do you have any source on Rand not being an advocate of minimal government, as you claimed she is not?

Here is a source where she does advocate minimal govt:

http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/government.html

> The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man’s rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only a policeman




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