Ayn Rand more than anyone else did a fantastic job of explaining the morality of capitalism, the morality of individualism. — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Realistically speaking, Ayn Rand should not have opposed the antidraft movement and supported the Vietnam War effort - in effect, she supported… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you're not going to… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
“Nick chided a censor, who wished some books gone, and suggested she scan Fahrenheit 451. For the book-budget cutters, Old Claus had… — David Davis Copy Share Image
Ludwig von Mises referred to Ayn Rand as 'the most courageous man in America.' If that doesn't say it all about the… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
“For the big donors, Ryan was a superstar, a square-jawed, blue-eyed, earnest young Ayn Rand disciple described as “wonky” so often it… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
“An election year in the U.S., as if you needed to be reminded, the vituperative tunes of the Ayn Rand Marching Band… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a… — Claudia Roth Pierpont Copy Share Image
Jumping twenty or so years later, Ann Ciccolella, artistic director of Austin Shakespeare, approached me with the idea of staging Anthem. She… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
I reject her [Ayn Rand's] philosophy. It's an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
“Yet, as Ayn Rand’s philosophy entered his world, a turning point followed—a moment of revelation that shifted both his thinking and allegiance.… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
I took inspiration from 'Fountainhead,' the way in which Ayn Rand conveyed her political philosophy through an immensely popular novel. — Eliyahu Goldratt Copy Share Image
“Saint Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin, and Ayn Rand. The first was a novelist, the second a philosopher.… — Corey Robin Copy Share Image
[If Republicans] got to put their kids into public school. They got to take public health. They would become libertarian faster than… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
“To irrational principles, one cannot be loyal. Ideas that are not derived from reality cannot be consistently practiced in reality. --as quoted… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The whole idea of "leaners" and "lifters" is the central teaching of the right wing ideologue, Ayn Rand, who penned books like… — Anne Manne Copy Share Image
You know what that big number was? It was 1957. It's not the year I was born. I'm a little older than… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” -Ayn Rand” — Michael Fleming Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism. — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
“He had one room above a thrift store. He had a trunk of books by Ayn Rand. He was short-sighted and reclusive,… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
If you trade in paper, the notion of many who trade gold - the Ayn Randers - if the financial world comes… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
“the immigrants who secure rights thanks to the anti-racist anti-colonial struggle might be securing the right to free capitalist enterprise, refusing to… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image