“ At least two important conservative thinkers, Ayn Rand and Leo Strauss, were unbelievers or nonbelievers and in any case contemptuous of Christianity. I have my own differences with both of these sava… Christopher Hitchens
“ At least two important conservative thinkers, Ayn Rand and Leo Strauss, were unbelievers or nonbelievers and in any case contemptuous of Christianity. I have my own differences with both of these sava… Christopher Hitchens
“ I have yet to see a genius or a hero who, if stuck with a burning match, would feel less pain than his undistinguished average brother. Ayn Rand
“ There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: and One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotional… John Rogers
“ Let us throw away our candles and our torches. Let us flood the cities with light. Let us bring a new light to men! -Equality 7-2521 Ayn Rand
“ I do not think that tragedy is our natural fate and I do not live in chronic dread of disaster. It is no happiness, but suffering that I consider unnatural. It is not success, but calamity that I rega… Ayn Rand
“ You want to know what's wrong with the world? Dad paused. It's this alienation that permeates every aspect of humanity. Mark David Henderson
“ Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter a curious new phase in our society.... To justify and… Gore Vidal