Who is Ayn Rand

Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-born American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful and two Broadway plays, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. In 1957, Rand published her best-known work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, until her death in 1982, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays.

Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring know...
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Ayn Rand Quotes

• Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
• I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.
• A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
• The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
• Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

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Comments about Ayn Rand

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• Kcmolyneux: “money is only a tool. it will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” -ayn rand
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• Suryakemangi: “the question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.” — ayn rand
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