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The greatest productive force is human selfishness.

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.

Robert A. Heinlein
Liberty, Selfishness, Libertarian
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.325, Penguin

Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative.

Robert A. Heinlein
Moral Behavior, Selfishness, Conflict
"The Pragmatics of Patriotism". Address at the U.S. Naval Academy, April 5, 1973.

Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion.

Robert A. Heinlein
Gratitude, Real, Selfishness
Robert A. Heinlein (1988). “To Sail Beyond the Sunset”

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