This is not the strongest of quotes from Ann Rand, but it will do. To those who see it as drivel or worse, I suggest that you do not wish to operate from reason. I have encountered problems with Ann's system, but every time I work through one, I find it is a case of my not understnading her or my being incorrect in my reasoning. Ann is a tough read and hers is NOT an easy system because it requires absolute responsibility and allows no "wiggle room." This means absolutes in reasoning. Many today will not accept a philosophy with absolutes. To admit wiggle room is to admit non-reason to the process. Refusing absolutes makes reasoning a matter of faith, rather than logic.