Uncompromising Attitude Quotes
Houston was deposed on March 18, 1861, because he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederate States
This statement is eerily similar to the statements of some of the Islamic fanatic fundamentalists 80 years later.
Rand was wrong about the timing. Extremism per se as an evil is not a new political phenomenon. It was forcefully propounded by Aristotle in his Nichomachean Ethics and other works. Many other political philosophers have argued that moderation in politics is good and extremism is not.