"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. This god, this one word: 'I."
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American writer and philosopher best known for The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. She developed the philosophical system she called Objectivism and became an influential figure in 20th-century political and intellectual debate.