Ayn Rand, 1905 - 1982 was a Russian-born American author and philosopher

 Ayn Rand 1905 – 1982

Better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-born American author and philosopher.

“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you. . . you may know that your society is doomed.”