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  • Posted by PURB 9 years, 11 months ago
    This is out of context, but I'd offer a 20% discount to the first person who cites the source and explains the context of this great Rand line: "Anyone offering such a combination confesses his inability to understand either."
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    • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 11 months ago
      What was Ayn Rand’s view of the libertarian movement?

      Ayn Rand was opposed to the libertarian movement of her time. In 1971 she wrote:

      For the record, I shall repeat what I have said many times before: I do not join or endorse any political group or movement. More specifically, I disapprove of, disagree with and have no connection with, the latest aberration of some conservatives, the so-called “hippies of the right,” who attempt to snare the younger or more careless ones of my readers by claiming simultaneously to be followers of my philosophy and advocates of anarchism. Anyone offering such a combination confesses his inability to understand either. Anarchism is the most irrational, anti-intellectual notion ever spun by the concrete-bound, context-dropping, whim-worshiping fringe of the collectivist movement, where it properly belongs.

      — “Brief Summary,” The Objectivist, Vol. 10, Sep. 1971
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  • Posted by $ HeroWorship 9 years, 11 months ago
    "Those whom I respect, will know the truth about me, sooner or later. The others"—his face hardened—"the others consider that which I really am as evil. Let them have what they prefer—what I appear to be on the front pages."
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 11 months ago
    Another bit of humor in Atlas was on Dagny's return from the Valley. In her office, she meets Cuffy Meigs,ordering the Comet to be rerouted to haul grapefruit for the Smather brothers. Eddie explains that Cuffy Meigs is from the Unification Board. Dagny says, "Just tell me if I understand that Unificator correctly..."

    Any other nominees?
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