“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
(A very popular line with people who are – purportedly – rugged individualists. But apparently the quote is mis-attributed to Ms. Rand. There is no record of her uttering, or writing, these words. But, in her book “The Fountainhead”, the main character, Howard Roark, does reply to the question: “My dear fellow, who will let you?” with: “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?” I have never actually read any of her works, but – from what I’ve heard – it sounds to me that she had a very negative reaction to the socialist/communist government that had taken over her Mother Russia. Which is probably why she left, and came to America. Libertarians love her, but she rejected the term “libertarian”. All I really know is that while growing up everyone pronounced her name like Ann, but somewhere along the line the pronunciation became like Ine. Considering her given name was Alisa, then changed to Alice, I have no idea where, or how, she came up with the pen name Ayn. Maybe she was the Prince of her day? Maybe Prince was a fan of her works? Please excuse the mental diarrhea. LOL! Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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