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Ayn Rand
said
I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.
— Anthem (1937)
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
- Fame77.1
- Momentum15.2
- Writers rank#146
Source-basedRising
- Fame77.1
- Momentum15.2
- Writers rank#146
- Wikipedia151.1K
Lived 1905–1982, aged 77
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Updated 2026-06-21
She built a philosophy that said selfishness was virtue and altruism was rot, then sold 37 million books arguing the case. Academic philosophers mostly ignore her; a slice of the American right treats her as scripture.
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Born Alisa Rosenbaum in Russia in 1905, she left for the United States in 1926 and rechristened herself Ayn Rand. Two early novels went nowhere, but The Fountainhead in 1943 made her famous. Atlas Shrugged followed in 1957 and became her best-selling work. After that she abandoned fiction and spent the next quarter-century writing essays and running her own periodicals to promote Objectivism—the system she'd named, which championed reason over faith, egoism over altruism, and laissez-faire capitalism as the only moral framework. She condemned religion, most philosophers, and the initiation of…
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Ayn Rand
said
And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride.
— Anthem (1937)
Ayn Rand
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Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs.
— Anthem (1937)
Ayn Rand
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There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers.
— Anthem (1937)
Ayn Rand
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Do you believe in God, Andrei? No. Neither do I. But that's a favorite question of mine. An upside-down question, you know. What do you mean?
— Part One Chapter 9
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Rising77.1
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Momentum15.2
Historical29.4
Now attention12.7
Source confidence70.0
Completeness70.0
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