Ayn Rand Quotes

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This thought-provoking novel portrays the absurdity of our overbearing government bureaucracy with a story that is entertaining and fast-paced. The Taxman Cometh will become part… — Grover Norquist
I reject her [Ayn Rand's] philosophy. It's an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview.… — Paul Ryan
Ayn Rand more than anyone else did a fantastic job of explaining the morality of capitalism, the morality of individualism. — Paul Ryan
I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under assault. — Paul Ryan
I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what… — Paul Ryan
And when you look at the twentieth-century experiment with collectivism-that Ayn Rand, more than anybody else, did such a good job of articulating the pitfalls… — Paul Ryan
I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. — Clarence Thomas
For nearly a decade Democrats have sought a religious wedge issue that could separate big chunks of white evangelical voters from their Republican home. Now… — Marvin Olasky
I give people Ayn Rand with trappings, — Anton Szandor LaVey
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a less respectable novelist… — Claudia Roth
Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion… — Theodore Sturgeon
Ayn Rand is a bloody socialist compared to me. — Robert A. Heinlein
Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine. — Rob Lowe
When they can't win a debate (can they ever?), leftists deploy what the late novelist/philosopher Ayn Rand called the argument from intimidation. Instead of trying… — Don Feder
I think Republicans need to have their staffers reading less Ayn Rand and having them read Dr. Viktor Frankl's Man's Search For Meaning more. — Rob Zerban
Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly, I didn't believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise. If I couldn't prove a… — Alan Greenspan
Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a… — Anne Hathaway
The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand.… — Paul Ryan
If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand. — Paul Ryan
The fiction of Ayn Rand is as low as you can get re fiction. I hope you picked it up off the floor of the… — Flannery O'Connor

Who Wrote These Ayn Rand Quotes

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