View of Russian-born American writer Ayn Rand (1905-1982) on the set of "The Today Show" in New York City, March 23, 1961. Behind her is a quote from her 1961 book, "For the New Intellectual." (Raimondo Borea/Photo Researchers History/Getty Images)
The United States is mired right now not only in a political crisis — but in an existential crisis.
The deep divide between left and right is accompanied by incessant attacks on foundational institutions, beliefs and values that threaten to topple the most powerful and successful society in the history of humanity.
There is hope. And it comes from one of the most powerful champions of individual liberty.
Philosopher and author Ayn Rand offered a guide for the United States to step back from its political precipice and return to greatness: a nation reunited by core common goals, ideals and prosperity.
"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 is best known as the author of "Atlas Shrugged."
Her signature 1957 novel is dubbed "a cornerstone of pro-liberty literature" by Students for Liberty.
She was an immigrant who escaped revolutionary-era Russia and found intellectual freedom and success in the United States. READ MORE...
