Audience Quote by Gore Vidal

“What I was seeing here is a perennial issue for Ayn Rand followers—the need to finesse aspects of her teachings that make no sense,…

— Gary Weiss

I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under…

— Paul Ryan

Ayn Rand is a bloody socialist compared to me.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Ayn Rand more than anyone else did a fantastic job of explaining the morality of capitalism, the morality of individualism.

— Paul Ryan

... there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with loyalty did…

— Nathaniel Branden

“Yet, as Ayn Rand’s philosophy entered his world, a turning point followed—a moment of revelation that shifted both his thinking and allegiance. By 2004,…

— Laurence Galian

...there ... remains a huge following [of Ayn Rand's philosophy] of those who ignore the indiscretions, infidelities, and moral inconsistencies of the founder and…

— Michael Shermer

“The whole idea of "leaners" and "lifters" is the central teaching of the right wing ideologue, Ayn Rand, who penned books like The Virtue…

— Anne Manne

To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil.

— Gore Vidal

Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell…

— Anne Hathaway

Moral certainty is intellectual immorality

— Kedar Joshi

I took inspiration from 'Fountainhead,' the way in which Ayn Rand conveyed her political philosophy through an immensely popular novel.

— Eliyahu Goldratt