Originally, perhaps, one of the bases of Stalin's having deemed him trustworthy...

It is not that the exponents of socialism and its variations are averse to particular persons being powerful and privileged, it is that it is a matter of perfect conviction for them that it is they, perfect studies in moral and intellectual superiority whom they esteem themselves to be, who ought to be powerful and privileged.

So much for egalité.

Marxism-Leninism is an animated by animus, rooted in envy based resentment, psychopathologically illusive ideology that is utterly nihilistic by its unnatural nature.

The prevalence of pravda in Pravda far exceeds the prevalence of pravda in the effusions of the hysterical pseudo journalistic-cryptopropagandistic Fifth Columnists of this nation's generally subversive Fourth Estate.

Objectively, Liberty, in its perfection, is a state of spiritual, moral, mental, emotional and behavioral being that is informed and sustained by Virtue alone.

As persistent as is the intractable, other than by dint of the ever ennobling influence of Virtue, character frailty of radically Fallen Man that renders him fearful and indolent, thus susceptible to relinquishing his priceless Sovereignty, in exchange for supposed "safety" and "ease".

The viability and vitality of the Constitution are entirely predicated upon the Virtue, as it manifests its ennobling presence in their morality, of We the People.

A subtly less sinister rendering of:

"Arbeit macht frei."

Marx, in his personal habitudes, was a perfect personification of the ethos of his contemptible creed.

Anyone for whom the pursuit of power, other than that of personal sovereignty, is a singular objective, is, necessarily, utterly unworthy of possessing power.

Socialism:

The religion of the irreligious fanatic.

As no less a lightless Communist luminary than Mao Tse-tung expressed it:

" Communism has nothing to do with love.
Communism is an excellent hammer that we use to destroy our enemy."

Absent from the calculus of Ayn Rand is a reflective of Reality notion of what is, in actuality, the rooted in illumined Spirituality nature of true Humanity.

The ennoblement of Man, by Virtue, does make in him a crucially defining difference.

Lamentably, his Movement successors, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, et al., want for his vision, having revealed themselves to be little more than opportunistic and incendiary epigones.

A noble aspiration.

It remains true that the fallenness of Fallen Man cannot be exorcised by political or psychopolitical means.

How blessed the marchers were not to have been required to pursue justice in China, the people of which, in 1963, were experiencing the glories of Mao's "Great Leap Forward", noteworthy aspects of which were mass starvation and cannibalism.

The decisions of those who are principled are taken for them by their principles.

In the absence of humility, an impossibility.

Discernment does make the defining difference.

Do the right thing. It will redound to the world's and your own benefit.

Most sublimely, conscience is the instrument of the communication of the promptings of the One Who speaks in a still, small voice.

Virtue, as is manifests itself in Goodness, is the perfection of Beauty.

Generally, a deceiver most deceives himself with his deceptions.

A paltry rationale for the dishonesty of any who are dishonest.

A pure example of the insight of the ever astute Bard of Avon.

For those who have been rendered righteous, righteousness is easiest in the moment.