Celebrated Russian-born philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand possessed a deep love and appreciation for the United States and its foundational principles.
Her incredible admiration of America bubbles enthusiastically in her own words and in the analysis of leading scholars.
“She believed what the Founding Fathers achieved was pretty close to perfection,” Yaron Brook, chair of the California-based Ayn Rand Institute, told Fox News Digital.
“She also believed that the nation wasn’t living up to the promise of what the founders had actually created. But she thought they did as good a job as anybody could [in] setting down the principles of how a country should govern itself.”
Rand’s personal, emotional and intellectual attachment to her adopted homeland is often clouded by her staggering ambition, including her most famous work, “Atlas Shrugged.”
Russian-born American author and…
