Capitalism

"Capitalism was the only system in history where wealth was not acquired by looting, but by production, not by force, but by trade, the only system that stood for man's right to his own mind, to his work, to his life, to his happiness, fo himself.  If this is evil, by the present standards of the world, if this is the reason for damning us, then we---we, the champions of man---accept it and choose to be damned by that world.  We choose to wear the name 'Capitalism' printed on our foreheads, proudly, as our badge of nobility.
This is what the battle demands. Nothng less will do." (Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Ayn Rand; New American Library, 1967; p 213)
I wish Ms Rand had said the capitalism is (not was) the only system.  Granted, we are getting close to not being a capitalism system with the government trying to acquire wealth by looting (taxation) and  trying to prevent the acquisitiion of wealth by production by piling on regulations, trying to acquire wealth by force, not by trade, trying to monitor our mental traffic under the commerce clause.  But that does not change the fact that capitalism is still the only system where wealth is acquired by production and trade, the only system that stands for man's right to his own mind, work, life, happiness, and himself.
Now if we are damned for such things, then so be it.  This is the battle we are involved in.