Of all the powerful and memorable lines from Ayn Rand and her fictional characters, over the years this one has become the most popular:
"The Question Isn’t Who Is Going to Let Me, It’s Who Is Going to Stop Me."
Do a search on Amazon for that quote and you'll find it on a lot of products. That's exciting and encouraging to me.
The issue is, she never said that, exactly. It's a paraphrase and condensation from a conversation with Howard Roark in The Fountainhead. The link I provided from The Quote Investigator has a good recounting and explanation for it's evolution over the years.
I happen to love this quote. And I want to use it with a book project I have in the works. But another Objectivist told me that it isn't appropriate to use because it's not actually an accurate quote from Ayn Rand.
Yet, it does remain true to the original source and sentiment. And it has brought Ayn Rand into more popular culture awareness. The more this quote is used and spread, the better I say.
What's the reaction and judgment of others here in our Gulch? I would love to see an intelligent discussion and debate.
Thanks, Brett